title: Evaluation of a lactate dehydrogenase-nitro blue tetrazolium method of detecting unapparent myocardial infarction using a standardised sampling technique.
abstract: Using a standardised block technique, the microscopic lactate dehydrogenase-nitro blue tetrazolium (LDH-nitro BT) and conventional haematoxylin and eosin staining methods were used to investigate the presence of myocardial infarction in a series of fifty forensic autopsies. The microscopic LDH-nitro BT method was found to be reliable; however, it did not reveal the presence of myocardial infarction in any of the cases where this had not been suspected.
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000201:enzymology; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts
chemical_list: D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase