Cardioprotective Effects of Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Juice in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease

Would this also help reperfusion injury after stroke? We'll never know with our fucking failures of stroke associations never following up possibly useful research. 
Or are you one of the lucky ones where your doctor is already prescribing pomegranate juice based on this research?

Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with carotid artery stenosis reduces common carotid intima-media thickness, blood pressure and LDL oxidation  June 2004 

And this one from 2006:

Regular pomegranate juice administered to hypertensive patients caused a significant drop in blood pressure [26], a reduction in carotid plaque development [27]  Aug. 2006

 

Cardioprotective Effects of Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Juice in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease

Razani Z¹, Dastani M², Kazerani HR³.

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Abstract

Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardioprotective effects of pomegranate juice in patients with ischemic heart disease. One hundred patients, diagnosed with unstable angina or myocardial infarction, were randomly assigned to the test and the control groups (n = 50, each). During 5 days of hospitalization, in addition to the conventional medical therapies, the test groups received 220 mL pomegranate juice, daily. During the hospitalization period, the blood pressure, heart rate, as well as the intensity, occurrence, and duration of the angina were evaluated on a regular basis. At the end of the hospitalization period, the serum levels of malondialdehyde, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha were measured in all patients. The levels of serum troponin and high-sensitive C-reactive protein levels were also assayed in patients diagnosed with myocardial infarction. Pomegranate juice caused significant reductions in the intensity, occurrence, and duration of angina pectoris in patients with unstable angina. Consistently, the test patients had significantly lower levels of serum troponin and malondialdehyde. Other studied parameters did not change significantly. The results of this study suggest protective effects of pomegranate juice against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

KEYWORDS:

Punica granatum; ischemic heart disease; myocardial ischemia and reperfusion; pomegranate; unstable angina

PMID:

28913846

DOI:

10.1002/ptr.5901