Effect of Vitamin D on all-causemortality in heart failure (EVITA): A 3-year randomized clinical trial with 4000 IU Vitamin D daily

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 29, 2017, Pages 2279-2286

  Zittermann, Armin ^a   Ernst, Jana B ^a   Prokop, Sylvana ^a   Fuchs, Uwe ^a   Dreier, Jens ^a   Kuhn, Joachim ^a   Knabbe, Cornelius ^a   Birschmann, Ingvild ^a   Schulz, Uwe ^a   Berthold, Heiner K ^b   Pilz, Stefan ^c   Gouni Berthold, Ioanna ^d   Gummert, Jan F ^a   Dittrich, Marcus ^e   Börgermann, Jochen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Heart failure; Hypercalcaemia; Mechanical circulatory support; Mortality; Randomized clinical trial; Survival; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; COLECALCIFEROL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLICATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 85022326274     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx235     Document Type: Article

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