The heart would be one of the most affected organs if the mitochondria do not produce enough energy, since this organ requires a lot of energy, so any supply failure leads to heart failure and contraction failure.
<h3>What are mitochondria?</h3>
They are the cellular structures responsible for supplying most of the energy necessary for cellular activity.
<h3>Characteristics of mitochondria</h3>
- They produce energy from the metabolism of organic fuels such as sugars, lipids (fatty acids) and amino acids.
- Insufficient energy production by the mitochondria causes dilated cardiomyopathy, where the heart undergoes significant dilation and loses the force of contraction.
Therefore, we can conclude that a defect in a mitochondrial process involved in energy production would affect heart cells causing dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure.
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