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Pregnancy precipitates metabolic imbalance and accelerates death in an animal model of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy.
Molecular metabolism - 1 May 2026
Sayles Nicole M, Casalena Gabriella, Zhao Dazhi, Dellinger Ryan W, Holmes Holly E, Manzo Onorina, Galkin Alexander, Di Lorenzo Annarita, Manfredi Giovanni
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During pregnancy, the heart undergoes major physiological and metabolic changes to increase cardiac workload, and the demand for energy production is especially elevated during the trial of labor. Normally, cardiac structure and metabolism revert to the pre-pregnancy state shortly after delivery. However, in some cases, peripartum/postpartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) occurs, which increases a person's risk of major...
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