Cardiac enzymes are blood tests that measure levels of proteins released when heart muscle is damaged, helping diagnose heart attacks. They are checked when a heart attack is suspected and monitored over time in known heart attack patients. A cardiac scan uses x-ray imaging and radioactive tracers to visualize the heart and detect damage, while ligation and stripping is an operation to remove damaged veins in varicose veins by tying them off and removing them through small incisions.