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Blood test

CK; Creatine kinase; Creatine phosphokinase

High CPK levels may be seen in patients who have:

• Heart attack
• Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle)
• Central nervous system trauma or stroke
• Convulsions
• Delirium tremens
• Dermatomyositis or polymyositis
• Electric shock
• Muscular dystrophies
• Pulmonary infarction (lung tissue death)

• Hypothyroidism
• Pericarditis following a heart attack
• Rhabdomyolysis

Review Date: 01/22/2007
Reviewed By: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.