L-carnitine supplementation in the recovery of plasma L-carnitine in patients with heart failure submitted to coronary artery bypass grafting

Abstract Coronary artery bypass grafting reduces plasma L-carnitine and may impair the production of myocardial energy. L-carnitine supplementation may elevate plasma L-carnitine and increase cardiac mechanical efficiency. The objective of this study was to verify the recovery of preoperative plasma...

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Main Authors: WANISE M. SOUZA CRUZ, SHEILA M.S. GUIMARÃES, GABRIELLE C. MACIEL, ANA BEATRIZ A. HUGUENIN, MONICQUE E.M. DE CARVALHO, BÁRBARA O. COSTA, GEISIANE A. DA SILVA, ALEXANDRE S. COLAFRANCESCHI, FERNANDA B. SCALCO, MARCIA RIBEIRO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000603099&lng=en&tlng=en