Left ventricular cardiac function was measured in all patients pre-operatively at baseline before the administration of L-carnitine or placebo and 12 h post-operatively using conventional echocardiography to assess left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) to determine left ventricular global longitudinal strain (2D-LV GLS)
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The molecular and cellular alterations that lead to these diseases begin many years before clinical manifestations become apparent
In response, the UK government has started gathering participants for a large-scale study to understand the root cause
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