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Cocoa flavanols alleviate early diastolic dysfunction by decreasing left atrial volume in a randomized double blinded trial in healthy older individuals.
Dragos Andrei Duse, Michael Gröne, Niklas Ophoff, Nicolas Kramser, Hendrik Schweers, Javier Ottaviani, Hagen Schroeter, Christine Quast, Florian Bönner, Christian Heiss, Roberto Sansone, Christian Jung, Malte Kelm, Ralf Erkens
Published: 202510.1039/d5fo02589c
Abstract
Aims: Left atrial (LA) enlargement marks impaired cardiac filling and predicts future cardiovascular events. Dietary flavanols have been shown to reduce cardiovascular mortality, despite uncertain underlying mechanisms. In this study, we hypothesized…
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