Serum Lactic Dehydrogenase in Acute Renal Infarction and Ischemia
- 28 March 1968
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 278 (13) , 721-723
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196803282781308
Abstract
LACTIC dehydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible conversion of pyruvic acid into lactic acid in the presence of the coenzyme dihydro-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD.H2): This enzyme is abundant in various organs such as the myocardium, the liver and the kidneys.The level of the serum lactic dehydrogenase (SLDH) in normal persons is fairly constant and ranges between 200 and 500 Wróblewski1 units per milliliter of serum. The SLDH is elevated in various diseases, notably acute myocardial infarction and acute hepatitis.In a review of the literature five cases of renal infarction were found in which SLDH . . .Keywords
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