title: Is selenium deficiency the cause of uraemic cardiomyopathy?
abstract: We studied the relationship between serum selenium (Se) and left ventricular performance in 33 patients on maintenance haemodialysis. Low serum Se was frequent. However, there were no significant differences in echocardiographic indices of left ventricular function between patients with serum Se less than 0.9 umol/l and those with serum Se greater than 0.9 umol/l. We conclude that Se deficiency is not an important cause of cardiac failure in uraemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012643:Selenium / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency*; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium