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==Role in health==
==Role in health==
Deficiency of selenium may cause [[heart failure]].<ref name="pmid19059654">{{cite journal| author=Saliba W, El Fakih R, Shaheen W| title=Heart failure secondary to selenium deficiency, reversible after supplementation. | journal=Int J Cardiol | year= 2010 | volume= 141 | issue= 2 | pages= e26-7 | pmid=19059654 | doi=10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.095 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19059654  }} </ref>
Deficiency of selenium may cause [[heart failure]].<ref name="pmid19059654">{{cite journal| author=Saliba W, El Fakih R, Shaheen W| title=Heart failure secondary to selenium deficiency, reversible after supplementation. | journal=Int J Cardiol | year= 2010 | volume= 141 | issue= 2 | pages= e26-7 | pmid=19059654 | doi=10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.095 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19059654 }} </ref> This may occur in the settings or [[anorexia nervosa]]<ref name="pmid17384523">{{cite journal| author=Birmingham CL, Gritzner S| title=Heart failure in anorexia nervosa: case report and review of the literature. | journal=Eat Weight Disord | year= 2007 | volume= 12 | issue= 1 | pages= e7-10 | pmid=17384523 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17384523  }} </ref>, [[bariatric surgery]]<ref name="pmid17324623">{{cite journal| author=Boldery R, Fielding G, Rafter T, Pascoe AL, Scalia GM| title=Nutritional deficiency of selenium secondary to weight loss (bariatric) surgery associated with life-threatening cardiomyopathy. | journal=Heart Lung Circ | year= 2007 | volume= 16 | issue= 2 | pages= 123-6 | pmid=17324623 | doi=10.1016/j.hlc.2006.07.013 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17324623  }} </ref>, peripartum cardiomyopathy<ref name="pmid15460143">{{cite journal| author=Cénac A, Touré K, Diarra MB, Sergeant C, Jobic Y, Sanogo K et al.| title=[Plasma selenium and peripartum cardiomyopathy in Bamako, Mali]. | journal=Med Trop (Mars) | year= 2004 | volume= 64 | issue= 2 | pages= 151-4 | pmid=15460143 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref> and Keshan Disease. However, while selenium levels are lower among patients with heart failure than among controls, levels are similarly decreased whether heart failure is idiopathic or ischemic.<ref name="pmid16943104">{{cite journal| author=Koşar F, Sahin I, Taşkapan C, Küçükbay Z, Güllü H, Taşkapan H et al.| title=Trace element status (Se, Zn, Cu) in heart failure. | journal=Anadolu Kardiyol Derg | year= 2006 | volume= 6 | issue= 3 | pages= 216-20 | pmid=16943104 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref> A small randomized controlled trial showed benefit from micronutrient supplementation that included selenium.<ref name="pmid16081469">{{cite journal| author=Witte KK, Nikitin NP, Parker AC, von Haehling S, Volk HD, Anker SD et al.| title=The effect of micronutrient supplementation on quality-of-life and left ventricular function in elderly patients with chronic heart failure. | journal=Eur Heart J | year= 2005 | volume= 26 | issue= 21 | pages= 2238-44 | pmid=16081469 | doi=10.1093/eurheartj/ehi442 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16081469 }} </ref>


Deficiency of selenium may cause [[coronary heart disease]]<ref name="pmid17023702">{{cite journal| author=Flores-Mateo G, Navas-Acien A, Pastor-Barriuso R, Guallar E| title=Selenium and coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis. | journal=Am J Clin Nutr | year= 2006 | volume= 84 | issue= 4 | pages= 762-73 | pmid=17023702 | doi= | pmc=PMC1829306 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17023702  }} </ref>
Deficiency of selenium may cause [[coronary heart disease]]<ref name="pmid17023702">{{cite journal| author=Flores-Mateo G, Navas-Acien A, Pastor-Barriuso R, Guallar E| title=Selenium and coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis. | journal=Am J Clin Nutr | year= 2006 | volume= 84 | issue= 4 | pages= 762-73 | pmid=17023702 | doi= | pmc=PMC1829306 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17023702  }} </ref>

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Selenium is a chemical element, having the chemical symbol Se.

Selenium
78.96(3)



  Se
34
[Ar] 4s2 3d10 4p4
[ ? ] Non-Metal:

Its atomic number (the number of protons) is 34. It has a Standard Atomic Weight of 78.96(3), and is typically found as a solid in its elemental form.

Selenium is considered to be a member of the "Non-Metal" class of elements, has a boiling point of 685 °C , and a melting point of 220.5 °C .

Role in health

Deficiency of selenium may cause heart failure.[1] This may occur in the settings or anorexia nervosa[2], bariatric surgery[3], peripartum cardiomyopathy[4] and Keshan Disease. However, while selenium levels are lower among patients with heart failure than among controls, levels are similarly decreased whether heart failure is idiopathic or ischemic.[5] A small randomized controlled trial showed benefit from micronutrient supplementation that included selenium.[6]

Deficiency of selenium may cause coronary heart disease[7]

References

  1. Saliba W, El Fakih R, Shaheen W (2010). "Heart failure secondary to selenium deficiency, reversible after supplementation.". Int J Cardiol 141 (2): e26-7. DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.095. PMID 19059654. Research Blogging.
  2. Birmingham CL, Gritzner S (2007). "Heart failure in anorexia nervosa: case report and review of the literature.". Eat Weight Disord 12 (1): e7-10. PMID 17384523[e]
  3. Boldery R, Fielding G, Rafter T, Pascoe AL, Scalia GM (2007). "Nutritional deficiency of selenium secondary to weight loss (bariatric) surgery associated with life-threatening cardiomyopathy.". Heart Lung Circ 16 (2): 123-6. DOI:10.1016/j.hlc.2006.07.013. PMID 17324623. Research Blogging.
  4. Cénac A, Touré K, Diarra MB, Sergeant C, Jobic Y, Sanogo K et al. (2004). "[Plasma selenium and peripartum cardiomyopathy in Bamako, Mali].". Med Trop (Mars) 64 (2): 151-4. PMID 15460143[e]
  5. Koşar F, Sahin I, Taşkapan C, Küçükbay Z, Güllü H, Taşkapan H et al. (2006). "Trace element status (Se, Zn, Cu) in heart failure.". Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 6 (3): 216-20. PMID 16943104[e]
  6. Witte KK, Nikitin NP, Parker AC, von Haehling S, Volk HD, Anker SD et al. (2005). "The effect of micronutrient supplementation on quality-of-life and left ventricular function in elderly patients with chronic heart failure.". Eur Heart J 26 (21): 2238-44. DOI:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi442. PMID 16081469. Research Blogging.
  7. Flores-Mateo G, Navas-Acien A, Pastor-Barriuso R, Guallar E (2006). "Selenium and coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis.". Am J Clin Nutr 84 (4): 762-73. PMID 17023702. PMC PMC1829306[e]