Editorial: Can vitamin D supplementation improve physical function and quality of life in older patients with heart failure?

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-184

  Levitan, Emily B ^a   Judd, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diet; Heart failure; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; ERGOCALCIFEROL; INTERLEUKIN 10; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D;

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WALKING DISTANCE; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WALKING;

EID: 77951910581     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.943944     Document Type: Editorial

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