Chronic overconsumption of sugar and fat elevates plasma levels of insulin and free fatty acids, a process referred to as glucolipotoxicity. This phenomenon may lead to heart failure. This issue explores in depth the relationship between glucolipotoxicity and heart failure.
| ISBN: | 9781455748921 |
| Publication date: | 2nd October 2012 |
| Author: | Peter P Sterling Rock Falls Clinic, Sterling, IL Toth, Vasudevan A Scott White Texas AM Health Sciences Cen Raghavan |
| Publisher: | W B Saunders Co Ltd an imprint of Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | The Clinics: Internal Medicine |
| Genres: |
Cardiovascular medicine |