Vitamin D Deficiency Predicts Poor Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.

P PergeA M BorosL GellérI OsztheimerSz SzilágyiT TahinA AporK V NagyEndre ZimaL MolnárBela MerkelyG Széplaki

Published in: Disease markers (2019)

Our study showed that vitamin D deficiency has a significant impact in heart failure patients; it is an independent predictor of lack of midterm clinical response and long-term mortality in patients undergoing CRT. Therefore, monitoring vitamin D status of heart failure patients could be of clinical significance.

Keyphrases

cardiac resynchronization therapy
patients undergoing
heart failure
left ventricular
ejection fraction
cardiovascular events
risk factors
cardiovascular disease