Cardiac survival strategies: An evolutionary hypothesis with rationale for metabolic therapy of acute heart failure

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-189

  Opie, Lionel H ^a   Lecour, Sandrine ^a   Mardikar, Harshawardhan ^b   Deshpande, Gaurang P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Spandan Heart Institute and Research Centre ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Free fatty acids; Glucose; Heart failure; Isolated rat heart; Reperfusion; Underperfusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008756759     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2010.537886     Document Type: Article

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