Vitamin D status and cardiovascular outcome

Volume: 42, Issue: 11, Pages: 1285 - 1290
Published: Jun 6, 2019
Abstract
Vitamin D is classically involved in maintaining bone and mineral health, but it has been shown to exert many extraskeletal functions, including pleiotropic effects on cardiovascular system. This review aims to summarize evidences in literature about vitamin D and cardiovascular outcome. Calcitriol or 1,25(OH)2D, the active hormone, binds to the specific nuclear receptor VDR, which is expressed in rat and human heart and vasculature and has...
Paper Details
Title
Vitamin D status and cardiovascular outcome
Published Date
Jun 6, 2019
Volume
42
Issue
11
Pages
1285 - 1290
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