1st year/cardiovascular/2017
1 out of 57

A 45-year-old male experienced crushing substernal chest pain after arriving at work one morning. Over the next 4 hours, the pain persisted and had begun radiating to his left arm. He becomes short of breath, but waits until the end of his 8-hour shift to go to the hospital. An elevated serum level of which of the following laboratory tests would be most useful for the diagnosis of this patient on admission to the hospital?