myocardial fatty acid utilization(English)

• refers to the rate at which the heart muscle consumes free fatty acids, typically measured using [11C]-palmitate positron emission tomography (PET) to assess cardiac metabolism. It is a critical source of ATP production, yet it can become dysfunctional in diseases like diabetes (increased MFAU) or heart failure (decreased MFAU), leading to energetic inefficiencies and lipotoxicity
• ATP, DMT1, FFA, MBF, MGU, MFAO, MVO2, PET, PPARα
• Cardiology, Metabolism, Hemodynamics, Oxygen, Bioenergetics, Myocyte / muscle, Diabetes
• https://doi.org…acc.2005.09.030