The effects of energetic substrate manipulation on myocardial metabolism and cardiac function
<p>The healthy human heart uses fat and glucose as its predominant metabolic substrates, approximately in a ratio of 70% to 30%. In heart failure, substrate oxidation is decreased as is ATP production. Free fatty acid uptake and oxidation is reduced, while glucose uptake and glycolysis are inc...
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Language: | English |
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2021
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