Cardiac Enzymes? In a nut shell-highs/lows-what it all means?

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Specializes in emergency, psych, ortho, med/surg.

Im looking for a simple explanation for the whole cardiac enzyme thing-highs/lows-what does it all mean?:uhoh3: Making cheat sheets for my clipboard-every lab test, other than the usual, seem to be a struggle when Im "on the run"!! My clipboard is my life! Thanx in advance!:nurse:

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Just go to your college material and look it up again and write your own cheat sheet. Labs are labs. There are also some good online resources for explanation purposes. Just gotta do a little looking up. :)

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Cardiac.

Keep in mind the footnote about false positives too. At first I was surprised when the cardiologists were discharging people with elevated troponins.

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