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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jul 7;19(9):1804–1812. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.186

Table 3.

Myocardial fatty acid (FA) metabolism/gram and its contributors

Pre-diet Post-diet Pre-gastric bypass Post-gastric bypass
Plasma FA (μmol/mL) 666±143 644±131 734±257 571±135
Myocardial blood flow (mL/g/min) 0.96±0.21 1.03±0.22 1.22±0.24* 1.10±0.18
FA utilization (nmol/g/min) 148±38 144±36 166±48 148±79
FA oxidation (nmol/g/min) 134±37 128±37 141±47 127±50
FA esterification (nmol/g/min) 14±20 14±12 25±29 15±17
*

P<0.01 baseline differences between groups. No post-weight loss changes