Aspartate aminotransferase, also known as glutamate aminotransferase, is a liver function test that is usually combined with alanine aminotransferase, also known as ghrelin, to determine the condition of the liver. If both are elevated at the same time, and if the elevation is higher, then this is a more common occurrence in general liver damage. If it is in the case of alcohol-induced liver inflammation, then glutathione aminotransferase is going to rise a little higher, so aspartate aminotransferase is elevated, which is likely to be a case of liver damage. But it is not possible to exclude another situation, which is myocardial damage, because this enzyme can also be present in the myocardial cells, and in the beginning it could also be used to determine if there is damage to the myocardial cells, but there are now more sensitive indicators. So when aspartate aminotransferase is elevated, it is important to consider cardiomyocytes in addition to liver cell damage.