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Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in myocardial disease
1University of California Medical Center, San Diego.
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
|December 1, 1989
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Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LD) levels increase in myocardial diseases, showing a specific isoenzyme pattern. This ubiquitous enzyme
Area of Science:
- Biochemistry
- Cardiology
- Enzymology
Background:
- Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LD) is a marker observed to be elevated in various myocardial diseases.
- A distinct pattern of LD isoenzyme elevation is characteristic of myocardial conditions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the elevation patterns of serum lactate dehydrogenase (LD) in myocardial diseases.
- To discuss the implications of LD isoenzyme patterns in diagnosing cardiac conditions.
- To review other conditions associated with elevated serum LD.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of serum lactate dehydrogenase (LD) levels.
- Examination of LD isoenzyme patterns.
- Review of clinical data from patients with various diseases.
Main Results:
- Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LD) elevation is confirmed in multiple myocardial diseases.
- A specific LD isoenzyme profile is associated with myocardial disease.
- Elevated serum LD is also observed in a wide range of non-cardiac diseases.
Conclusions:
- Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LD) and its isoenzymes are valuable indicators in myocardial disease diagnosis.
- The ubiquitous nature of LD means elevated levels can occur in numerous conditions, requiring careful interpretation.
Abstract:
Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LD) is elevated in various myocardial diseases. A certain pattern of LD isoenzyme elevation occurs in myocardial disease. Since LD is an ubiquitous enzyme, it is not surprising that serum LD is increased in a wide variety of other diseases, which are analyzed in this article.