[Vitamin D and cardiovascular risk].
The pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease is without any doubt multifactorial, and it is generally accepted, that conventional risk factors determined only about 80% of cardiovascular risk. There is accumulating evidence that vitamin D exerts important pathophysiological effects on cardiovascular system. Low vitamin D was associated with increased cardiovascular risk in several reports. This review summarizes recent epidemiological evidence and possible pathophysiological mechanism for a role of low vitamin D in cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, available data concerning vitamin D supplementation are depicted.
II. interní klinika Lékarské fakulty UK a FN Plzen. mayero@fnplzen.cz
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000502:physiology*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications
D014807:Vitamin D