2000
Effect of hyperinsulinemia on myocardial amino acid uptake in patients with coronary artery disease
McNulty P, Jacob R, Deckelbaum L, Young L. Effect of hyperinsulinemia on myocardial amino acid uptake in patients with coronary artery disease. Metabolism 2000, 49: 1365-1369. PMID: 11079831, DOI: 10.1053/meta.2000.9510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBranched-chain amino acidsIschemic heart diseaseMyocardial uptakeArterial plasmaHeart diseaseChronic ischemic heart diseaseCoronary artery diseasePlasma BCAA concentrationsEffect of hyperinsulinemiaMyocardial glucose uptakeNet myocardial uptakeEuglycemic insulin infusionsNet glutamate uptakeOxidative energy substratesPossible salutary effectsBCAA uptakeMyocardial utilizationEuglycemic hyperinsulinemiaArtery diseaseInsulin levelsBCAA concentrationsInsulin infusionAmino acid uptakeAnabolic effectsCardiovascular disease
1991
Myocardial protein turnover in patients with coronary artery disease. Effect of branched chain amino acid infusion.
Young LH, McNulty PH, Morgan C, Deckelbaum LI, Zaret BL, Barrett EJ. Myocardial protein turnover in patients with coronary artery disease. Effect of branched chain amino acid infusion. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1991, 87: 554-560. PMID: 1991838, PMCID: PMC296343, DOI: 10.1172/jci115030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBranched-chain amino acid infusionCoronary artery diseaseAmino acid infusionProtein turnoverBCAA infusionProtein synthesisArtery diseaseAcid infusionAmino acidsMyocardial protein turnoverCardiac double productCoronary blood flowPlasma insulin levelsMyocardial oxygen consumptionHuman heartProtein degradationNegative protein balanceEssential amino acidsMyocardial balanceInsulin levelsDouble productPhenylalanine balanceAnabolic effectsMyocardial uptakePostabsorptive patients