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Review
. 2013 Apr:8 Suppl 1:S5-9.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-013-0926-x.

Vitamin D and heart

Marcello Camici  1 , Fabio Galetta, Ferdinando Franzoni, Angelo Carpi, Farhad Zangeneh
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Review

Vitamin D and heart

Marcello Camici et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

The authors briefly review the biological effects of vitamin D on the heart and discuss the experimental and clinical studies related to the potential protective effect of vitamin D on the cardiovascular system. Experimental and observational studies in man strongly suggest that vitamin D supplementation can benefit heart failure patients and improve cardiovascular health in the population. However, presently there are limited randomized controlled studies. The authors highlight the hypothesis that vitamin D-induced mechanisms activating calcium channels may represent a novel target for therapy in patients with heart failure.

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