Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease prevention

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 404-417

  Pilz, Stefan ^a,b   Verheyen, Nicolas ^a   Grübler, Martin R ^a,c   Tomaschitz, Andreas ^a,d   März, Winfried ^a,e,f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Specialist Clinic for Rehabilitation Bad Aussee   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANGIOTENSIN II; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE; COLECALCIFEROL 24 HYDROXYLASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 23; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; THROMBOMODULIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; CALCITRIOL RECEPTOR;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HUMAN; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NUTRITION POLICY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; NUTRITION POLICY; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84965057364     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2016.73     Document Type: Review

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