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Cardiomyopathy Reversible with CoQ10 and Selenium
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Years ago, when I was working in the hospital as a radiologist, the lab director approached me in the reading room, and asked if I could help with her dad. Apparently I had a reputation for being interested in “holistic” and “integrative medicine”. The old man had been in congestive heart failure on the third floor for six weeks with ischemic cardiomyopathy caused by accumulation of small areas of heart damage (infarction) from underlying coronary artery disease. His ejection fraction was quite low (20%), indicating reduced pumping ability of the heart. Normal ejection fraction is 50-60%. In spite of various cardiac drugs prescribed by his cardiologist, he was not improving and his chances of recovery looked bleak. Above image: Cardiomyopathy with dilated heart before (left) and normal size heart after treatment (right), Courtesy of Gupta Y. Vitiligo, hypothyroidism and cardiomyopathy. (InJ Endo 2012)
CoQ-10 to the Rescue
This looked like a good case for a trial of CoQ-10, a cardiac supplement made popular by Stephen T. Sinatra’s 1999 book, CoQ10 and the Heart. Stephen T. Sinatra’s later wrote, Metabolic Cardiology,about the combination of Co-Q10, D-Ribose and L-Carnitine. The daughter gave her dad the CoQ-10 by “sneaking” it into his food. She opened the CoQ10 capsules and mixed it into her dad’s food, 300 mg per day. Three weeks later her dad was well enough to leave the hospital and go home, an obvious case of success with CoQ-10.
Cardiomyopathy Reversible with Supplement Program
Another story of cardiomyopathy comes from Andrew Schneider who publicized his recovery from idiopathic cardiomyopathy using a nutritional supplement program.(1) Andrew Schneider’s example can be generalized to most others. Cardiomyopathy is an example of a life threatening medical condition in which complete recovery of cardiac function can be achieved using a nutritional supplement program in up to 70% of cases.(5) I find this remarkable. In this article we will examine the etiology, conventional and alternative treatment for cardiomyopathy.