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Article: Homocysteine, not B vitamins, important in chronic heart failure.(Research Briefs)
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- Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society
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- March 1, 2008
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Herrmann M, Muller S, Kindermann I, Gunther L, Konig J, Bohm M, Herrmann W. Plasma B vitamins and their relation to the severity of chronic heart failure. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2007;85(1):117-23. Full text available at http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/85/1/117.
Studies have suggested that hyperhomocystaemia may be a risk factor for the development of chronic heart failure (CHF). Although folic acid and/or vitamins B6 and B12 deficiencies are the most common causes of hyperhomocystaemia, there is a lack of reliable data about their role in CHF. These researchers looked at the relationships of total homocysteine and B vitamins in 987 CHF patients.
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