Your body produces the enzyme creatine kinase (CK) or creatine phosphokinase to keep your muscles functioning properly.

Nearly 7 million patients present to U.S. emergency departments annually for evaluation of possible acute coronary syndromes (ACSs). Despite hospital admission of the 25% to 30% who have atypical ...

DALLAS, Aug. 20 – A test commonly used to diagnose heart attacks may also identify patients at increased risk of death after balloon angioplasty, according to a study in today's rapid access issue of ...

The alliance based at Johns Hopkins seeks to promote high-value healthcare and educate the next generation of medical students in these principles. Investigators from Johns Hopkins University and the ...

Physicians and laboratorians must work to reduce use of antiquated clinical laboratory tests. We selected 10 representative tests considered antiquated by most experts in the clinical laboratory ...