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