Short Chain Fatty Acids Outpace Ketone Oxidation in the Failing Heart

Conclusions: SCFA are more readily oxidized than ketones in failing hearts, despite both bypassing reduced CPT1 activity, and represents an unexplored carbon source for energy production in failing hearts.PMID:33601938 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052671

Source: Circulation - February 19, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Andrew N Carley Santosh K Maurya Matthew Fasano Yang Wang Craig H Selzman Stavros G Drakos E Douglas Lewandowski Source Type: research