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Free Fatty acids and postischemic myocardial function.

Ger J van der Vusse·Marc van Bilsen
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Abstract

This review highlights the changes in fatty acid homeostasis in the postischemic heart. The impact of restoration of flow (reperfusion) after an ischemic episode on both structural fatty acids (ie, incorporated in phospholipids, the building blocks of cellular membranes) and fatty acids, serving as energy donors by mitochondrial oxidation, are discussed. Attempts to interfere with cardiac fatty acid homeostasis to prevent loss of cardiac function or to restore cardiac performance after reperfusion is also discussed.

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Fatty Acids, NonesterifiedHomeostasisHumansMyocardial IschemiaMyocardial ReperfusionMyocardial Reperfusion InjuryMyocardiumPhospholipidsJournal ArticleReview

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Ger J van der Vusse, Marc van Bilsen. 2006. Free Fatty acids and postischemic myocardial function.. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089253206291319

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