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The prevalence of patients with elevated plasma lactate is indicated among patients in INTERMACS class 3 or higher (IM 3+), patients in INTERMACS class 2 (IM 2) and patients in INTERMACS class 1 (IM 1). The prevalence of patients with elevated plasma lactate increases with worsening clinical status as indicated by lower INTERMACS class (p-value for trend based on Cochran-Armitage test 0.006).
