Diagnostic Values of Venous Peak Lactate, Lactate-to-pyruvate Ratio, and Fold Increase in Lactate from Baseline in Aerobic Exercise Tests in Patients with Mitochondrial Diseases

Objective Although aerobic exercise tests on cycle ergometry have long been used for initial assessments of cases of suspected mitochondrial disease, the test parameters in patients with final diagnoses of other diseases via the widely used 15 W for 15 min exercise protocol have not been fully...