ENERGY METABOLISM OF THE FAILING HEART

Energy Metabolism of the failing Heart

Daily heart consumption of energy (about 6 kg of ATP) exceeds significantly energy consumption of other organs. Deprivation of energy is considered as one of the main factors in development of heart failure. Currently available research methods permit not only to evaluate more precisely the role of impaired energy metabolism in the heart failure, but also give a hope for the future metabolic th...

Defective lipid metabolism in the failing heart.

The metabolism of long chain fatty acids was investigated in the failing heart of guinea pigs with chronic constriction of the ascending aorta. Homogenates prepared form failing hearts exhibited (a) a decreased capacity to oxidize palmitic acid (failure = 0.50 +/- 0.06 mumole/g of protein per 20 min; control = 1.09 +/- 0.10); (b) a reduced level of carnitine, a myocardial constituent which serv...

Myocardial substrate metabolism in the normal and failing heart.

The alterations in myocardial energy substrate metabolism that occur in heart failure, and the causes and consequences of these abnormalities, are poorly understood. There is evidence to suggest that impaired substrate metabolism contributes to contractile dysfunction and to the progressive left ventricular remodeling that are characteristic of the heart failure state. The general concept that ...

Biochemical studies of energy production in the failing human heart.

Serotonin metabolism in the normal and failing hamster heart.

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