Key result
Arterial blood lactate measurement serves as a prognostic indicator for the severity of decreased systemic blood flows and poor outcomes in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
Does blood lactate measurement serve as a prognostic indicator in STEMI patients?
Does blood lactate measurement serve as a prognostic indicator in STEMI patients?
Blood lactate levels serve as a useful prognostic indicator for identifying high-risk STEMI patients, particularly those developing cardiogenic shock.
Increases in blood lactate reflect decreases in systemic blood flows associated with low blood flow states characteristic of circulatory shock. Accordingly, the report by Vermeulen and colleagues documents the use of the blood lactate measurement as a prognostic indicator in settings of ST elevation myocardial infarction. That lactate value therefore identified high-risk patients as a complication, often with clinical signs of cardiogenic shock of corresponding severities.
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Weil et al. (2010) conducted an editorial in ST elevation myocardial infarction. Arterial blood lactate levels was evaluated. Arterial blood lactate measurement serves as a prognostic indicator for the severity of decreased systemic blood flows and poor outcomes in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction.
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