2009•Anhui Medical and Pharmaceutical JournalRequires access

Effect of L-carnitine in treatment of chronic heart failure

Xuesheng Wang

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Aim To investigate the effect of L-carnitine on cardiac function in the patients with chronic heart failure(CHF).Methods Sixty cases of CHF were allocated into control group and L-carnitine group.There are thirty cases in each group.The control group patients were treated with standard therapy.The L-carnirine group patients were given L-carnitine 3 g·L-1 in addition to standard therapy.Result The cardiac function grades had no difference before treatment,but the cardiac function grades improved much significantly after treatment in L-carnitine group.Compared to control group,L-carnitine group is more effective(P0.01).Conclusion L-carnitine can improve cardiac function of the CHF.

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Key concepts: Carnitine, Medicine, Cardiac function curve, Heart failure, Internal medicine, Treatment and control groups, Cardiology