Lactate

I Physiology.- Opening Remarks.- 1 Lactate Metabolism and Cardiac Muscle.- Discussion.- 2 Studies of Fatigue in Intact Anaerobic Living Muscle with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (31p NMR): Present Results and Future Possibilities.- 3 Circulatory Responses to Exercise.- 4 Production of Lactic Acid in Heavy Exercise and Acid-Base Balance.- Discussion.- 5 The Quantitative Significance of the "Himwich-Cori Cycle" for Removal of Lactate During Recovery After Maximal Exercise in Man.- 6 "Oxygen Debt" Does Not Exist.- 7 Oxygen Debt: Its Role and Significance.- Discussion.- 8 Is the Use of Isotopic Tracers Valid for the Study of Lactate Metabolism in vivo?.- II Methodology.- Opening Remarks.- 9 Experience with an Enzymatic Monotest ® for the Determination of Lactate.- 10 Suitability of Yeast Lactate Dehydrogenases (Cytochrome b2) for Lactate Determination.- 11 Amperometric-Enzymatic Analysis of Lactic Acid.- Closing Remarks.- III Clinical Applications.- Opening Remarks.- 12 Lactic Acid and Other Metabolic Indicators of Anaerobiosis in Normal Subjects.- 13 Lactate and Pulmonary Pathology.- 14 Lactic Acid in Shock and Liver Failure.- 15 Peripheral Lactic Acid Production in Heart Disease.- 16 Blood Lactate Measurement in Peripheral Arterial Disease.- 17 Lactic Acid and Diabetes.- Discussion.- 18 Lactate and Pyruvate After Short Exposure to Altitude.- Closing Remarks.- Opening Remarks.- 19 Effects of Acidosis and Weak Acids on the Normal, Hypoxic, and Ischaemic Myocardium.- 20 Fundamental Validity and Clinical Usefulness of Myocardial Lactate Balance During Ischaemia. A Comparison with Other Biochemical Markers.- 21 Myocardial Release of Lactate, Inosine, and Hypoxanthine During Atrial Pacing- and Exercise-Induced Angina.- 22 Protection of the Ischaemic Myocardium.- Closing Remarks.- Conclusion.