Postoperative hyperlactatemia and serum lactate level trends among heart transplant recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advanced heart failure (HF), that affects 10% of the HF population, is associated with high mortality rate, meeting 50% at 1-year from diagnosis. For these individuals, heart transplantation (HTX) remains the ultimate and the gold-standard treatment option. Serum lactate level measurements has been proven useful for determining the outcome following other cardiac surgeries and among critically ill patients. Increased serum lactate levels are expected following HTX; however, no detailed analysis has been yet performed in this population. The research aims to estimate the prevalence of hyperlactatemia and describe early postoperative serum lactate level trends among heart transplant recipients.

Materials and methods

Forty-six consecutive patients, who underwent HTX

SUBMITTER: Kedziora A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007971 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature