Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1467
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Correspondence
Creatine Kinase: Reply
George M. Palatianos, MD
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 356 Sygrou Ave, Athens 17674 Greece
(E-mail: palatianos{at}otenet.gr).
To the Editor:
The enzyme we measured was the MB isoenzyme of creatine phosphokinase (CK-MB), which is a biochemical index of myocardial cell necrosis. The enzyme was inadvertently misnamed in a presubmission version of the manuscript [1]. We apologize for the oversight, and we thank Petrou and associates for pointing it out.
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