Effect of alfacalcidol on cardiac function in patients with chronic kidney disease stage 4 and secondary hyperparathyroidism: a pilot study.
Per IvarsenJohan Vestergaard PovlsenKent Lodberg Christensen
Published in: Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology (2012)
Short-term treatment with alfacalcidol did not induce regression of LVH; however, left ventricular function became hyperdynamic but less effective in patients with CKD. This could be problematic in the long term.