Cardiac Energy Metabolism in Health and Disease
The heart has a very high energy demand but very little energy reserves. In order to sustain contractile function, the heart has to continually produce a large amount of ATP. The heart utilizes free fatty acids mainly and carbohydrates to some extent as substrates for making energy, and any change...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Series: | Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease ;
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
