Medical tests that are often referred to as include:
Cardiac markers are substances released from heart muscle when it is damaged as a result of
Myocardial Infarction . Depending on the marker, it can take between 2 to 24 hours for the level to increase in the blood. Additionally, determining the levels of cardiac markers in the laboratory - like many other lab measurements - takes substantial time. Cardiac markers are therefore not useful in diagnosing a
Myocardial Infarction in the acute phase. The clinical presentation and results from an
ECG are more appropriate in the acute situation.
