Journal of cardiology
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Journal of cardiology · Feb 2015
Validation of lactate level as a predictor of early mortality in acute decompensated heart failure patients who entered intensive care unit.
The significance of routine measurement of lactate level is unclear in patients with critical acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). ⋯ Elevated levels of arterial lactate on admission were related to worse in-hospital mortality in patients with ADHF either with or without ACS, suggesting that the presence of high lactate in patients who enter the ICU with ADHF could help stratify the initial risk of early mortality.