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- Overview
- Results
- Risks
- Prevention
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CPK test; Creatine kinase; CK test
Normal Values
What abnormal results mean
High CPK levels may be seen in patients who have:
- Brain injury or stroke
Convulsions - Delirium tremens
- Dermatomyositis or polymyositis
Electric shock - Heart attack
- Inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis)
- Lung tissue death (pulmonary infarction)
- Muscular dystrophies
- Myopathy
Additional conditions may give positive test results:
Hypothyroidism - Hyperthyroidism
Pericarditis following a heart attack Rhabdomyolysis
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Review Date: 02/27/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
