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Can you let me know how many hrs does heart enzymes stay elevated after a heart attack?
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Heart attack : Troponin rises minimum8hrs and can stay up for a week. CPK rises in 2-3hrs. Canbe up a few days.
Answered 6/10/2014
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48-72: And declining. Hey peak then decline gradually as he damage is completed and the myocardial-heart cells stop leaking.
Answered 6/18/2013
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Up to 14 dsys: Troponin i or troponin t remains positive up to 14 days after a cardiac event. CPK and ckmb returns to normal after 72 hours. Troponin is a specific cardiac marker. However CPK is not it could be detected in the blood from skeletal muscle injury as well.
Answered 2/23/2018
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