her blood pressure was measured at 105/70 mmHg and her heart rate at 74 beats per minute. She also had mild swelling in her lower legs, officially known as pretibial oedema. Her test results were otherwise normal, with a BNP level of 475 pg/ml (a marker of heart strain) and mild ...
The enzymes in circulation either can be plasma-specific, meaning that they are present in plasma to perform a normal function (e.g., thrombin and plasmin), or nonplasma-specific, meaning that their concentrations are low or undetectable in plasma under normal conditions, but undergo elevations ...