Vitamin D Deficiency: An Increasing Concern in Peripheral Arterial Disease

Description

Peripheral arterial disease is a common and often overlooked entity responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. Recent evidence suggests that nontraditional risk factors such as vitamin D deficiency may contribute to atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, hence monitoring of vitamin D status is essential. This review tries to examine this entity.

Links & Downloads

1. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/16949
2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2010.02.002

Tags

peripheral vascular disease

vitamin D deficiency

Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-18215
Date	01 January 2010
Creators	Gaddipati, Vamsi C., Kuriacose, Reena, Copeland, Rebecca, Bailey, Beth A., Peiris, Alan N.
Publisher	Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source Sets	East Tennessee State University
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Source	ETSU Faculty Works