Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease: From atherosclerosis to myocardial infarction and stroke

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International Journal of Cardiology, 01/23/2017

Muscogiuri G, et al. – This study offers updated information on the role of vitamin D in cardiovascular health and authors tried to clarify how vitamin D is involved in the whole dynamic process from the initiation of endothelial dysfunction to the development of myocardial infarction and stroke.

• Nowadays, studies are being conducted to clearly unveil the interesting role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis, epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
• Researchers have found an association between vitamin D deficiency and an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) given to the relationship between low vitamin D levels and obesity, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, endothelial dysfunction and hypertension.
• However, no evidence successfully explains the mechanisms through which vitamin D deficiency leads from endothelial dysfunction to myocardial infarction and stroke despite the fact that vitamin D has been identified as a potentially important marker of CVD.

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