Anormalidades celulares en el miocardio crónicamente denervado. Implicaciones para el corazón trasplantado

A J Drake-Holland1, M I Noble

  • 1Academic Unit of Cardiovascular Medicine, Charing Cross and Westminster, Medical School, London, UK.

Circulation
|November 1, 1989
PubMed
Resumen

La denervación del corazón después del trasplante puede conducir a problemas metabólicos. Corazones de perro crónicamente denervados muestran una oxidación alterada de la glucosa y un mayor consumo de oxígeno, lo que sugiere una potencial ineficiencia metabólica miocárdica en pacientes de trasplante de corazón.

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