The creatine kinase test is a blood test that checks whether the CK levels in your blood are elevated. Elevated CK levels can mean you have some sort of muscle damage in your body.

Creatinekinase, or CK for short, may sound like something out of a textbook, but it’s quite responsible for keeping your body going, particularly your muscles, heart, and brain. Consider CK to be your ...

Macro CK is particularly likely if CK levels have been consistently elevated and there are no other laboratory abnormalities and no obvious clinical explanation. For more information, see Clin ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Since September, my son has been in the hospital for a high CK level. Initially, the CK level was 4,000, and as of yesterday, it’s increased to 8,000. Since his result is so high, his ...

Investigators say their prospective study should prompt physicians to routinely measure CK-MB post-PCI to better identify patients requiring intensive secondary prevention. (Cavallini C et al. Eur ...

From time to time, a patient taking a statin is found to have an elevated creatine kinase (CK) that does not normalize when the statin is withdrawn and does not seem to be associated with symptoms.

Q: Since September, my son has been in the hospital for a high CK level. Initially, the CK level was 4,000, and as of yesterday, it’s increased to 8,000. Since ...