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Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

At any rate, a new cardio medicine yesterday seemed to help. Helps with the "squeeze" portion ??? of his heart rhythm which is weak. Supposed to help with everything else also.. Vic

It's called the ejection fraction. It's the amount of blood that the heart pumps out with each beat vs the amount of blood that enters the heart with each beat. Normal is between 50 -70%. Mine was very week and was at 20%. Not good. There are meds that can strengthen the heart, but most doctors do not know/prescribe CoQ10. (Co Enzime Q 10) It is ESSENTIAL for a healthy heart, and the body tapers off making it around age 35 in men... By my age (70) my body was making less than half of what is needed for a healthy heart. My brother is a chemist, and told me about CoQ10, so along with the meds they prescribed for me I also did some research, found out about CoQ10 and started taking 300 MG per day. (100mg is normal, 300mg is optimal) My ejection fraction went from 20 to 55 in 3 months and is at 65 now (Considered excellant for my age). Understand, CoQ10 is a NATURAL occuring enzime that your body makes, and WILL NOT interfear with ANY meds they place him on. I urge you with the strongest possible force to start him on 300 mg per day. Oh, and there are 2 types of CoQ10...the cheap type has to be converted by the body into a type it can use, so about 90% of it is lost in the process... the other type (Ubiquinol) is already converted and so the body uses all of it. Your dad will thank you for it years from now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquinol EVERY MAN HERE should be taking this supplement daily to maintain a healthy heart. It saved my life... use it to save his.