Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is found in the year since 1950 has
received considerable attention as a necessary compound for proper cell
function. It is essential coenzyme necessary for the production of ATP
(adenosine triphosphate) upon which all cellular functions depend. Without ATP
our bodies can not function properly.
Without CoQ10, ATP cannot function. This connection has made
CoQ10 a very important object of study in relation to chronic disease. In many
cases the presence of chronic disease is associated with inadequate levels of
CoQ10. But no area of study has received more attention than the relation
between CoQ10 and heart disease. That is because CoQ10 is believed to be of
fundamental importance in cells with high metabolic demands such as cardiac
cells. A further reason the connection of heart disease and CoQ10 has gained so
much attention is because heart conditions of many kinds are associated with
chronically low CoQ10 levels.
CoQ10 is highly concentrated in heart muscle cells because of
their high energy requirements. Add this to the fact that heart disease is the
number one killer in developed and developing countries and one can see why the
bulk of scientific research on CoQ10 has been concerned with heart disease.
Specifically, studies on congestive heart failure have demonstrated a strong
correlation between the severity of heart failure and the degree of CoQ10
deficiency. The lower the levels of CoQ10 in the heart muscles the more severe
the heart failure. If indeed CoQ10 deficiency is a primary cause of congestive
heart failure then, in such cases, the remedy is simple and cost effective;
CoQ10 supplementation.
Congestive heart failure is a condition where the heart does
not pump effectively resulting in an accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
Symptoms may include shortness of breath, difficulty breathing when lying flat
and leg or ankle swelling. Causes include chronic hypertension, cardiomyopathy
(primary heart disease) and myocardial infarction (irreversible injury to heart
muscles). Heart muscle strength is measure by the ejection fraction which is a
measure of the fraction of blood pumped out of the heart with each beat. A low
ejection fraction indicates a weak heart.
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