Vitamin C Supplements Improve Heart and Lung
Clinical Study Title:
Is vitamin C superior to diltiazem for radial artery vasodilation
in patients awaiting coronary artery bypass grafting?
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In
this study, vitamin C was compared to the use of diltiazem
for helping to improve the function of the arteries.
In one part of the study, the use of vitamin C supplements
was compared for smokers versus nonsmokers. In the
other part of the study, vitamin C and diltiazem were
given randomly to patients prior to surgery. For the
first part of the study, all the participants, smokers
and nonsmokers, had an increase in their surface area,
but smokers had more of a benefit from this effect.
In the second part of the study, vitamin C was actually
found to be more effect for vasodilatation than the
diltiazem. This suggests that the use of a vitamin
C supplement can help to improve heart and lung functioning
and can help to improve overall functioning for those
people who smoke. |
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Authors:
Drossos GE. Toumpoulis IK. Katritsis DG. Ioannidis JP. Kontogiorgi
P. Svarna E. Anagnostopoulos CE.
Institution:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Ioannina School
of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.
Country of Publication:
United States
Source:
Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. 125(2):330-5,
2003 Feb.
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