New directions in the treatment of heart failure: Targeting free fatty acid oxidation

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 236-242

  Fragasso, Gabriele ^a   Spoladore, Roberto ^b   Bassanelli, Giorgio ^b   Cuko, Amarild ^b   Montano, Chiara ^b   Salerno, Anna ^b   Margonato, Alberto ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; DOBUTAMINE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; RANOLAZINE; TRIMETAZIDINE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG EFFECT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 38049003591     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-007-0018-1     Document Type: Review

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