Metabolic Support for the Heart: Complementary Therapy for Heart Failure?
Key result
Therapies targeting cardiomyocyte metabolism have the potential to complement current heart failure treatments by improving the energetic status of the failing heart.
Population
Patients with heart failure (including reduced and preserved ejection fraction)
Design
Review
Authors
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Implication
Metabolic therapies should not yet alter HF management; leaves open their adjunctive potential pending prospective trials.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with heart failure (including reduced and preserved ejection fraction)
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Intervention
Therapies targeting cardiomyocyte metabolism
This review highlights the potential of targeting cardiac metabolism as a complementary approach to current heart failure treatments.
Cite This Study
Heggermont et al. (2016) conducted a review in Heart failure. Metabolic therapies was evaluated. Therapies targeting cardiomyocyte metabolism have the potential to complement current heart failure treatments by improving the energetic status of the failing heart.