Patent ID: 8653136

Claim:
A method for improving myocardial ventricular function in a patient suffering from diabetes, comprising administering to the patient a composition consisting essentially of leucine, isoleucine, valine, lysine, threonine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, methionine, cyst(e)ine, histidine and tryptophan, wherein leucine, isoleucine and valine are present in the following molar ratio: from 40 to 60% of leucine in molar weight, from 20 to 40% of isoleucine in molar weight, and from 20 to 40% of valine in molar weight, in a stoichiometric molar ratio 2:1:1, the sum of the amounts of the branched chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine being comprised between 30 to 60% of the weight of the whole mixture.