Why the study?
Does stimulating glucose oxidation rather than fatty acid utilization provide beneficial metabolic support in the failing heart?
Population
Failing heart (heart failure)
Comparison
Metabolic interventions vs Normalizing substrate metabolism by stimulating…
Design
Review
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for HF metabolic therapy; leaves open whether stimulating glucose oxidation improves outcomes.
Does stimulating glucose oxidation rather than fatty acid utilization provide beneficial metabolic support in the failing heart?
This review suggests that therapeutic strategies for heart failure should focus on stimulating glucose oxidation rather than attempting to normalize fatty acid utilization.
Bilsen et al. (2008) studied this question.
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