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CPK test; Creatine kinase; CK test

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

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).

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