Therapeutic impact of dietary vitamin D supplementation for preventing right ventricular remodeling and improving survival in pulmonary hypertension.

Therapeutic impact of dietary vitamin D supplementation for preventing right ventricular remodeling and improving survival in pulmonary hypertension.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH), caused by elevated pulmonary vascular resistance, leads to right heart failure and ultimately death. Vitamin D deficiency can predispose individuals to hypertension and left ventricular dysfunction; however, it remains unknown how serum vitamin D level is related to PH a...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Tanaka, Masaharu Kataoka, Sarasa Isobe, Tsunehisa Yamamoto, Kohsuke Shirakawa, Jin Endo, Toru Satoh, Yoji Hakamata, Eiji Kobayashi, Motoaki Sano, Keiichi Fukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5501558?pdf=render

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