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Had chest-pain yesterday. ecg was ok, and the ck-mb test after half hour showed 13(ref. 0-25). if ck-mb should be done after 4 hours, shall i do again?

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Dr. Rishi Vohora answered

Yes definitely: Yes. Without question. It can take a number of hours for cardiac enzymes (your CK test) to be abnormal.

Dr Raff and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/1/2015

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A member asked:

Had chest-pain yesterday. ecg was ok, and the ck-mb test after half hour showed 13(ref. 0-25). if ck-mb should be done after 4 hours, shall i do again?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Rishi Vohora answered

Dr Raff and another doctor agreed

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