Answer to Question #347252 in Human Anatomy and Physiology for Linda

Question

Angela’s physician suspects that Angela has just suffered a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. She tells Angela that she is going to take a blood sample so that the hospital lab can perform a test to confirm her diagnosis. What information can Angela’s blood yield to help the physician?

Answer 1

Angela's blood can show the cardiac enzymes such as cremating kinase, lactic dehydrogenase, and serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, which are useful in confirming a myocardial infarction.