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. 2025 Jul 7;137(2):350-353.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.326414. Epub 2025 May 28.

Cardiac Ketone Body Oxidation Enhances Exercise Performance

Kara R Gouwens  1   2 , Ernesto Pena Calderin  1 , Jada Okhiria  1   2 , Daniel C Nguyen  1   2 , Emily B Schulman-Geltzer  1 , Yania Martinez-Ondaro  1 , Maleesha De Silva  1 , Helen E Collins  1 , Yibing Nong  1 , Sophia M Sears  1 , Matthew A Nystoriak  3 , Bradford G Hill  1
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Cardiac Ketone Body Oxidation Enhances Exercise Performance

Kara R Gouwens et al. Circ Res. .
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  • Correction to: Cardiac Ketone Body Oxidation Enhances Exercise Performance.
    Gouwens KR, Pena Calderin E, Okhiria J, Nguyen DC, Schulman-Geltzer EB, Martinez-Ondaro Y, De Silva M, Collins HE, Nong Y, Sears SM, Nystoriak MA, Hill BG. Gouwens KR, et al. Circ Res. 2025 Sep 26;137(8):e176. doi: 10.1161/RES.0000000000000732. Epub 2025 Sep 25. Circ Res. 2025. PMID: 40997156 No abstract available.
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Keywords: aging; dietary supplements; exercise tolerance; heart failure; metabolism; myocytes, cardiac; vasodilation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Data supporting the conclusions of this study are included in the article and accompanying statistical table. Analytic methods are available upon request. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Artificial intelligence was not used in this work.

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