Role of micronutrients in congestive heart failure: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the effect of micronutrients on health outcomes in patients with heart failure.

Materials and methods

Only randomized controlled trials testing the effectiveness of different micronutrients either singly or combined versus placebo in heart failure patients were included. We conducted a search in different databases such as Medline from PubMed, Embase and Scopus from Elsevier, and Google Scholar. The keywords used in the search were "Heart Failure" and its cognates, "Micronutrient," "Minerals," and names of individual micronutrients.

Results

Out of 3288 titles and abstracts reviewed, only 11 trials comprising 529 individuals were found to be appropriate to be included in the final review. It was found that micronutrients, either single or combined,

SUBMITTER: Kkeveetil CV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5442906 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature