The fetal lamb myocardium primarily uses glucose and lactate for oxygen consumption but is capable of utilizing long-chain fatty acids when supply is increased, similar to newborn lambs.
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Highlights perinatal myocardial substrate shift in lambs; leaves open applicability to human fetal/neonatal cardiology.
Bartelds et al. (2000) studied this question.
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