Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular disease: Is there a role for vitamin D therapy in heart failure?

Lee, W.; Kang, P.M.

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs 11(3): 309-314

2010


ISSN/ISBN: 1472-4472
PMID: 20178044
Document Number: 645402
Accumulating evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular disease, and that vitamin D therapy may have significant mortality and morbidity benefits in the treatment of congestive heart failure. However, the potential protective role of vitamin D in the heart, as well as the mechanism of action of the hormone in this organ, are poorly understood.

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