Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Heart Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death in a Large Cross-Sectional Study of Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography
Author(s) -
Stefan Pilz,
Winfried März,
Britta Wellnitz,
Ursula Seelhorst,
Astrid FahrleitnerPammer,
Hans Peter Dimai,
Bernhard O. Boehm,
Harald Dobnig
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2008-0784
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , hazard ratio , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin d and neurology , cardiology , sudden cardiac death , context (archaeology) , natriuretic peptide , sudden death , contractility , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , paleontology , biology
Vitamin D has been shown to influence cardiac contractility and myocardial calcium homeostasis.
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