Lactate stress testing in 155 patients with mitochondriopathy
Lactate stress testing in 155 patients with mitochondriopathy
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DOI:
10.1017/s0317167100001712
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发表时间:
2002-02-01
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3
通讯作者:
Milvay, E
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作者:
Finsterer, J;Milvay, E
Objective: Few data are available about the diagnostic yield of the lactate stress test (LST) in a large group of patients with mitochondriopathy (MCP). Methods: Serum lactate was determined once before, three times during, and once after a 15-minute, constant 30W workload on a bicycle in 62 controls, aged 17 to 84 years, 155 patients With MCP, aged 17 to 87 years, and 31 patients with neurological disorders other than MCP. Results: Lactate's upper reference limits at rest, 5, 10, 15 minutes after starting, and 15 minutes after finishing the exercise were 2.0, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1 and 1.8 mmol/l respectively. The test was regarded abnormal if more than two of the five lactate values exceeded the cut-off levels. Among the 103 patients with abnormal LST, 64 (62%) had normal resting lactate. The sensitivity of the test was 67% and the specificity 94%. Conclusion: The LST proved to have a high sensitivity and specificity in the detection of patients with MCP being thus a simple but powerful tool to assess the impaired oxidative metabolism in MCP patients.