L-Carnitine and Improved Cardiac Muscle Contractile Performance

• Role of L-carnitine in Cardiovascular Health: Literature Review.

  • 2024-09-26
  • Review
  • Cureus 16(9)
  • • Ramy Elantary
    • Samar Othman

  • PubMed: 39329040
  • DOI: 10.7759/cureus.70279

  5 Insights on

  • Improved Cardiac Muscle Contractile Performance

  • Low evidence

  L-carnitine can enhance both contractile performance and structural integrity of the cardiac muscle by maintaining efficient energy production and reducing oxidative stress.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes