Ketones Step to the Plate: A Game Changer for Metabolic Remodeling in Heart Failure?

Circulation. 2016 Feb 23;133(8):689-91. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.021230. Epub 2016 Jan 27.

Authors

Stephen C Kolwicz Jr¹, Sophia Airhart¹, Rong Tian²

Affiliations

¹ From Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (S.C.K., R.T.) and Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine (S.A.), University of Washington, Seattle.
² From Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (S.C.K., R.T.) and Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine (S.A.), University of Washington, Seattle. rongtian@u.washington.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; heart failure; hypertrophy; metabolism.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Diet, Ketogenic / methods*
Disease Progression*
Fatty Acids / metabolism*
Female
Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / metabolism*
Heart Failure / pathology*
Humans
Ketone Bodies / metabolism*
Ketones / metabolism*
Lipid Metabolism / physiology*
Male
Myocardium / metabolism*

Substances

Fatty Acids
Ketone Bodies
Ketones

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