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People who've had heart transplants and take GLP-1 drugs might have healthier heart cell energy factories, because their cells use energy more efficiently and waste less fuel.

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GLP-1 receptor agonists are associated with higher mitochondrial coupling efficiency in the human heart

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GLP-1 receptor agonists are associated with higher mitochondrial coupling efficiency in the human heart

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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf784.1252

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Heart patients who got a new heart and take GLP-1 drugs (like those for diabetes) don’t seem to have any change in how well their heart muscle cells make energy — the drug doesn’t appear to affect this part of heart cell function.

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Heart transplant patients on GLP-1 drugs might have healthier heart cell energy factories because their cells are leaking less energy.

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