This test is clearly used to determine the level of concentration of the enzyme (GOT) in the blood. The term GOT refers to several names of one enzyme, the Aspartate Amino Transaminase or AST in English, the other name is the glutamicOxaloacetic Transaminase or SGOT in English and GOT is the Abbreviation for this term, all of which describe the same enzyme.
This enzyme is present in both the liver and the heart muscle as well as in the muscles, and the high level of concentration of this enzyme in the blood indicates that there is real damage in one of the cells that contains them, as mentioned earlier heart, liver and muscle. This enzyme is responsible for the metabolism or metabolism of amino acid, aspartate. The fact that this enzyme refers to three main types of organs is not directed at one of them. In other words, the examination of the GOT enzyme is not a qualitative test. Therefore, other tests that are more specific to the heart muscle, liver, etc. should be performed to confirm the diagnosis.
In general, the result of natural analysis for both men and women ranges from 40 IU per liter of blood to 70 IU per liter of blood, while the natural outcome for children is between 15 IU per liter of blood and 55 IU per liter of the blood. It should be noted here that these values may vary from one medical laboratory to another, depending on, inter alia, the unit of measurement. Therefore, you can compare the value of the apparent result of the analysis with the values adopted by the medical laboratory, which are recorded on the paper as a result of the analysis.
As mentioned previously, this enzyme indicates the presence of damage in one of the cells of the organs that are in the liver, heart and muscle. In cases of high level of concentration of this enzyme in the blood, it means several things, including: exposure to bruising or muscle ruptures, may indicate the presence of angina, or lack of cardiomyopathy, or heart exposure to infarction, hepatitis, liver failure and also indicate fibrosis Liver and other liver diseases. Acute and severe hepatitis causes a high concentration of this enzyme, in addition to the use of some types of drugs cause the rise and thus give a false reading. The decline in the level of this enzyme to the laziness and inactivity of the heart muscle.