Creatine kinase is associated with bleeding after myocardial infarction

Background The ADP-scavenging enzyme creatine kinase (CK) is reported to reduce ADP-dependent platelet activation. Therefore, we studied whether highly elevated CK after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with bleeding.Methods Data of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction S...

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Main Authors: Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Morten Salling Olesen, Litten Bertelsen, Niels Vejlstrup, Laura Andreasen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Open Heart
Online Access:https://openheart.bmj.com/content/7/2/e001261.full