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Cardiac Metabolism: Engineering Methods for Analysis & Intervention

Description:

The heart is an efficient machine capable of transducing chemical energy into mechanical pumping. Since the heart is accountable for its own perfusion, metabolism and mechanical function are intricately linked in both directions. In cardiac disease, a detriment in either metabolism or mechanics...

Author:

Jaimes, Rafael

Keyword:

metabolism, mitochondria, pyruvate, cardiology, nadh, and dichloroacetate

GW Unit:

Biomedical Engineering

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Kay, Matthew W.

Committee Member(s):

Sarvazyan, Narine, Efimov, Igor R, Jeremic, Aleksandar, Pollard, Andrew E, and Li, Zhenyu

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation