D-ribose aids congestive heart failure patients.
Patients with congestive heart failure often experience fatigue despite intensive pharmacological therapy. Ribose can aid the recovery of ATP levels and, hence, diastolic function. Clinical trials have shown that ribose supplementation improves ischemic threshold and enhances diastolic function in congestive heart failure.
Omran
Heyder
H
Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany;
McCarter
Dean
D
St Cyr
John
J
Lüderitz
Berndt
B