Help Treat Heart Failure

Other cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary artery disease or excessive blood pressure, may lead to heart failure. Increased oxidative damage and inflammation of the veins and arteries can result from these conditions. Heart failure happens when these issues cause the heart to become unable to contract, relax, or pump blood through the body on a regular basis. To make matters worse, certain heart failure treatments have adverse side effects including low blood pressure, while others may even lower CoQ10 levels.

Treatment with CoQ10 for two years improved symptoms and lowered the risk of dying from heart problems in 420 people with heart failure. Another study gave CoQ10 or a placebo to 641 people for a year. The CoQ10 group was hospitalized less frequently for worsening heart failure and had fewer significant consequences at the end of the study. Treatment with CoQ10 actually helps with restoring optimal levels of energy production, reducing oxidative damage, and improving heart function, all of which can help with heart failure treatment.