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Heart Failure - Arginine

Arginine 15-20 gm/d (approximate dosage). [Amino Acids, 2000;18:199-206. 35909 (2000)] Summary

Heart Failure - Beta-carotene

Beta-carotene 50 mg/d. [Internat J Cardiol, 1996;57:119-127. 26369 (1997)] Summary Interview

Heart Failure - Carnitine

Carnitine (L-) 3 gm/d. [Cardiovas Drugs Ther, 1999;13:537-546. 35944 (1999)] Summary Interview

Heart Failure - Carnitine - 2

Carnitine (L-) 2250 mg/d combined with ubiquinol 270 mg/d divided into 3 capsules t.i.d. after meals and with fatty foods. [Acta Cardiol, 2007; 62(4): 349-54. 45731 (12/2007)] Summary Interview

Heart Failure - Coenzyme Q10

Coenzyme Q10 (myocyte energy production) 100 mg t.i.d.. [Heart Lung Circ, 2003;12(Suppl):S55-S62. 42239 (3/2006)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Coenzyme Q10 - 2

Coenzyme Q10 50 mg b.i.d.-t.i.d.. [J Card Fail 2006 Aug;12(6):464-72. 44565/ 45278 (12/2006)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Coenzyme Q10 - 3

Coenzyme Q10 100-300 mg/d (average 240 mg/d) with meals in split doses. 300-600 mg per day may be used to keep CoQ10 levels 3.5 ug/ml or above. [BioFactors, 2005; 25(1-4): 147-152. 44581 (6/2007)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Coenzyme Q10 - 4

Coenzyme Q10 100 mg/d, hawthorn 150 mg t.i.d. and magnesium chelate 150 mg/d. [Explore (NY), 2006; 2(4): 339-41. 45246 (8/2007)] Summary Interview

Heart Failure - coenzyme q10 - ubiquinol - 47878

Coenzyme Q10 450 - 900 mg/d (ubiquinol) in divided doses with meals. [Biofactors, 2008;32(1-4:119-28. 47878 (9/2011)] Summary Interview PubMed

Heart failure - Exercise training

Exercise training - two phases: 1) exercise 3 x week for 8 weeks at 60% of the peak oxygen uptake; 2) 12-month maintenance program of the same intensity but with only two sessions a week. Each session is 1 hour, beginning with a warm-up phase of stretching exercises followed by 40 minutes of cycling on a stationary cycle ergometer. [Circulation, 1999;99:1173-1182. 31836 (1999)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Fish Oil

Fish Oil 1-8 gm/d (EPA + DHA); EPA 1.8 gm/d + DHA 1.2 gm/d (improves endothelial function). [Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 2004 Aug;11(4): 267-74. 42230/44924 (9/2006)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Hawthorn extract

Hawthorn extract 180 to 900 mg/d in devided doses with meals for 4 to 12 weeks provides probable benefit via an inotropic effect (standardized extracts are best such as WS1442 from Schwabe, Germany) [Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008; Issue 1, Art. No.: CD005312. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005312.pub2. 45999 (4/2008)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Hawthorn extract - 2

Hawthorn extract (Special Extract WS 1442) 450 mg (dry extract) b.i.d.. [Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2004 Aug;11 Suppl 1:36-9. 43692 (10/2005)] Summary Interview

Heart Failure - magnesium - 47104

Magnesium citrate at 300 mg/d P.O. [Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 2009 Feb 6; [Epub ahead of print]. 47104 (6/2009)] Summary Interview PubMed

Heart failure - Magnesium citrate

Magnesium citrate 300 mg/d in single or divided dose with or away from meals lowered CRP in congestive heart failure patients. [Eur J Nutr, 2007 May 3; [Epub ahead of print]. 45307 (7/2007)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Micronutrient supplement

Micronutrient supplement 4/d (total: calcium 250 mg, magnesium 150 mg, zinc 15 mg, copper 1.2 mg, selenium 50 ug, vitamin A 800 ug, vitamin B1 200 mg, riboflavin 2 mg, vitamin B6 200 mg, folic acid 5 mg, vitamin B12 200 ug, vitamin C 500 mg, vitamin E 400 mg, vitamin D 10 ug and coenzyme Q10 150 mg per day). [Eur Heart J, 2005 Nov;26(21):2238-44. Epub 2005 Aug 4. 43599, 43658/44884 (5/2006)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Micronutrients

Micronutrients (review of propionyl-L-carnitine, coenzyme Q10, nicotinamide, riboflavin and pantothenic acid, taurine, arginine, antioxidants, copper, selenium, omega-3 fatty acids, testosterone, exercise, fruit and vegetables). [Heart Fail Rev, 2006 Mar;11(1):65-74. 43599, 43658/45188 (9/2006)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Selenium

Selenium 100 mcg/d. [Heart Fail Rev, 2006 Mar;11(1):13-7. 43599/45183 (11/2006)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Testosterone

Testosterone 5mg/d transdermal patch. [Eur Heart J, 2006; 27(1): 57-64. 44051/44567 (4/2006)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Vitamin C

Vitamin C 2 mg/d improved endothelial function. [Circulation, 1998;97:363-368. 29230/29224 (1998)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Vitamin C - 2

Vitamin C 250 mg/d. [Internat J Cardiol, 1996;57:119-127. 26369 (1997)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Vitamin D

Vitamin D is low in heart failure. Patients should be assessed for 25 hydroxyvitamin D. [J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2008 August 5; [Epub ahead of print]. 46572 (9/2008)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Vitamin D - 2

Vitamin D is low in heart failure. Patients should be assessed for 25 hydroxyvitamin D. [Am Coll Cardiol, 2003;41(1):105-112. 40230 (2003)] Summary Interview

Heart failure - Vitamin E

Vitamin E 400 mg/d (reduced oxidative stress). [Internat J Cardiol, 1996;57: 119-127. 26369 (1997)] Summary Interview
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