The role of selenium deficiency in occidental dilated cardiomyopathy

Ikram, H.; Crozier, I.G.; Webster, M.; Low, C.J.

New Zealand Medical Journal 102(863): 100-102

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446
PMID: 2927794
Document Number: 339759
The whole blood selenium concentrations were measured in 14 consecutive cases of catheter-proven dilated cardiomyopathy. The mean range of selenium was 59 ng/mL (SD 14). Patients with coronary heart disease had a mean value of 44 ng/mL (9.7) and normal controls had 78 ng/mL (20.1). These results would not support the hypothesis that selenium deficiency is an important causative agent in dilated cardiomyopathy in New Zealand.

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