Vitamin D status: to be considered in heart failure patients

Vitamin D status: to be considered in heart failure patients!

Vitamin D status and outcomes in heart failure patients.

AIMS Vitamin D status has been implicated in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF). The aims of this study were to determine whether a low vitamin D status is associated with prognosis in HF and whether activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and inflammatory markers could explain this potential association. METHODS AND RESULTS We measured 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25(OH)D), plasma r...

Status of Vitamin-D in diabetic patients

Abstract Background: Vitamin D (vit D) deficiency has been found to have an inverse relationship with the occurrence of type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of this study was to assess the vit D level in type-2 diabetic patients. Methods: One hundred-twenty DM patients selected as case group and 120 healthy individuals as control group were investigated in this study from October 2011 to S...

Food Insecurity Status in Heart Failure Patients in Iranian Population

Background: We were conducted this study to assess the prevalence of food insecurity in heart failure patients households and the relationship between food security and some variables in this households. Methods: In this cross sectional study, a total of 300 heart failure patients' households were studied in Imam Reza hospital of Mashhad. The Iranian version of household food insecurity access ...

Relation of Vitamin D Status to Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Events in Dogs

BACKGROUND Vitamin D plays a pivotal role in cardiac function, and there is increasing evidence that vitamin D deficiency is associated with the development of congestive heart failure (CHF) in people. HYPOTHESIS Serum vitamin D concentration is lower in dogs with CHF compared with unaffected controls and serum vitamin D concentration is associated with clinical outcome in dogs with CHF. AN...