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MULTICENTER STUDY
Luis C L Correia, Fábio Sodré, Guilherme Garcia, Michael Sabino, Mariana Brito, Felipe Kalil, Bruno Barreto, José C Lima, Márcia M Noya-Rabelo
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with risk for a first cardiovascular event in the general population, possibly because of inflammation, insulin resistance, and neurohumoral activation. However, its relation with outcomes in acute coronary syndromes has not been reported. To test the hypothesis that severe deficiency of vitamin D is independently associated with cardiovascular mortality during ACS, 206 patients admitted for unstable angina, non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, or ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction had 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels measured at admission...
February 1, 2013: American Journal of Cardiology
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