Highland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in the United States. Highland Heights is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Highland Heights was originally part of Mayfield Township. The population was 8,345 at the 2010 census. Highland Heights is located at 41Â°33â²04â³N 81Â°28â²17â³W / 41.551051Â°N 81.471273Â°W / 41.551051; -81.471273 (41.551051, -81.471273). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13 km2), all of it land.
How high or low the levels are can indicate a problem with your liver. Liquidlibrary/liquidlibrary/Getty Images. The SGOT Test. The SGOT (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transminase) test, also known as an AST test, measures the amount of a protein enzyme called glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase occurring in your blood. This enzyme is normally found in the liver, heart muscles, muscles and red blood cells.
Interpretation of abnormal liver function tests Consider local epidemiology For example, about 60% of cases of elevated AST in Wales are attributable to ischaemic or toxic liver injury, whereas about 60% of cases of hepatitis in the Far East are due to oro-faecally transmissible hepatitis viruses.