Vitamin D: A cardiovascular risk biomarker or a treatment target?

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2019 Mar-Apr;60(2):114-116. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.03.011. Epub 2019 Jul 2.

Authors

Gerasimos Siasos¹, Panagiotis Theofilis², Evangelos Oikonomou², Dimitris Tousoulis²

Affiliations

¹ 1(st) Cardiology Department, Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: ger_sias@hotmail.com.
² 1(st) Cardiology Department, Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 31271779
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.03.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular disease; Chronic kidney disease; Vascular calcification; Vitamin D.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Biomarkers
Cardiovascular Diseases*
Ergocalciferols
Humans
Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary*
Osteopontin
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic*
Risk Factors
Vascular Stiffness*
Vitamin D

Substances

Biomarkers
Ergocalciferols
Osteopontin
Vitamin D
paricalcitol