When heart muscles cells are deprived of oxygen, the heart still pumps for some time. What must the heart cells be able to do?

A. remove lactate from the blood
B. transform lactate back to pyruvate
C. continue aerobic metabolism when skeletal muscle cannot
D. remove oxygen from lactate
E. derive sufficient energy from fermentation


E. derive sufficient energy from fermentation

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