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Table 2 Protein content and enzyme activities in cyanotic and acyanotic patients

From: The Myocardial Profile of the Cytosolic Isozymes of Creatine Kinase Is Apparently Not Related to Cyanosis in Congenital Heart Disease

 

Patients (n)

Mean ± S.E.M

Range

Cyanotic

   

Protein/DNA

13

61.2 ± 4.9

34.1–83.4

CK (IU/mg)

13

8.4 ± 0.6

6.1–13.5

CKMM (%)

13

78 ± 1.6

72–87

CKMB (%)

13

21 ± 1.4

13–27

CKBB (%)

13

1 ± 0.2

0–2.3

LDH (IU/mg)

13

1.60 ± 0.07

1.18–2.14

Acyanotic

   

Protein/DNA

12

80.5 ± 9.7

43.7–138

CK (IU/mg)

12

7.6 ± 0.6

3.9–10.9

CKMM (%)

12

77.0 ± 2.3

60–86

CKMB (%)

12

22.0 ± 2.0

14–38

CKBB(%)

12

1.0 ± 0.3

0–2.6

LDH (IU/mg)

12

1.48 ± 0.10

0.85–2.09

  1. IU/mg, enzyme activity expressed as international units (IU) per mg protein; %, percent of total CK activity.