Cardiac enzymes ― also known as cardiac biomarkers ― include myoglobin, troponin and creatine kinase. Historically, lactate dehydrogenase, or LDH, was also used but is non-specific. Cardiac ...

Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2012;5(6):687-699. CK is an enzyme that consumes ATP to create phosphocreatine from creatine; phosphocreatine can be used as a generator of ATP in the tissues that ...