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.
191 Followers. A. AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) are sensitive indicators of liver damage or injury from different types of diseases. But it must be emphasized that higher-than-normal levels of these liver enzymes should not be automatically equated with liver disease. They may mean liver problems or they may not.