title: Clinical correlates of arterial lactate levels in STEMI patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA. weilm@aol.com
authors.forename: Max Harry
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Weil
authors.forename: Wanchun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality*; D010343:Patient Admission; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality*
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid