- Overview Cardiovascular and vitamin D
- Hypertension and vitamin D
- Overview Metabolic Syndrome and vitamin D
- Overview Stroke and vitamin D
- Peripheral arterial disease risk is 1.5X higher if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2018
- Peripheral Arterial Disease 3.7 X more likely in diabetics with low vitamin D – June 2019
- Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
Meta-analyses
- Heart Failure and Vitamin D meta-analyses - 2016, 2019
- Cardiovascular death 1.5X more likely if less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – 22nd meta-analysis Nov 2019
- Vitamin D supplementation reduces many Cardiovascular Disease markers– meta-analysis July 2018
Omega-3 Helps
- Cardiovascular Prevention with Omega-3 (finally using high doses) – Sept 2019
- Higher Omega-3 index (4 to 8 percent) associated with 30 percent less risk of coronary disease (10 studies) July 2017
A poor Vitamin D Receptor can block Vitamin D in blood from getting to tissues
- Heart Failure 15X more likely if poor VDR, even if good level of vitamin D (China) – March 2019
- Coronary Artery Disease without diabetes 5 times more likely if VDR gene problems – meta-analysis May 2016
Cholesterol, Statins
- Cholesterol is needed to produce both Vitamin D and Cortisol
- Overview Cholesterol and vitamin D
- Statins and vitamin D statins often reduce levels of vitamin D
- Statin side-effects are reduced by Vitamin D – US patent Application – April 2019
20 Most-visited pages in Cardiovascular category in Vitamin D Life
Pages listed in BOTH the categories Cardiovascular and Meta-analysis
- Arterial stiffness reduced if use at least 2,000 IU of Vitamin D for 4 months – meta-analysis Dec 2019
- Blood vessels not helped by small vitamin D doses – meta-analysis Dec 2019
- Vitamin D supplementation reduces many Cardiovascular Disease markers– meta-analysis July 2018
- Low-dose vitamin D does not help cardiovascular (many were 100-1,000 IU) – meta-analysis June 2019
- Heart Failure and Vitamin D meta-analyses - 2016, 2019
- Vitamin K (across all dose sizes and types) decrease Vascular Stiffness – meta-analysis - Dec 2018
- Small or infrequent doses of vitamin D do not reduce heart failure much – meta-analysis Jan 2018
- Peripheral arterial disease risk is 1.5X higher if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2018
- Omega-3 reduced time in hospital and atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery – meta-analysis May 2016
- Cardiovascular deaths 12 percent less likely if have 10 ng more vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
- Health problems prevented by eating nuts (perhaps due to Magnesium and or Omega-3) – meta-analysis Dec 2016
- Atrial Fibrillation 1.3 times more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis Sept 2016
- Coronary Artery Disease without diabetes 5 times more likely if VDR gene problems – meta-analysis May 2016
- Chronic Heart Failure not treated by Vitamin D, if dose size is ignored – meta-analysis Oct 2015
- Atrial fibrillation sometimes treated by Omega-3 – meta-analysis Sept 2015
- Peripheral Arterial Disease patients have low vitamin D levels – meta-analysis Oct 2015
- C-reactive protein (heart disease marker) reduced by vitamin D – meta-analysis 2014, 2019
- Cardiovascular disease associated with postmenopausal non-human primates – meta-analysis Jan 2015
- Adding Calcium does NOT cause cardiovascular problems (reverses their meta-analysis) – Dec 2014
- Statin pain associated with 10 ng less vitamin D – meta-analysis Oct 2014
- Risk of Cardiac failure reduced 20 percent by 800 IU of vitamin D and Calcium – meta-analysis July 2014
- Magnesium prevents cardiovascular events – Meta-analysis March 2013
- Cardiovascular disease 50 % more likely if low vitamin D - meta-analysis Nov 2012
- Omega-3 does not help heart patients – meta-analysis Sept 2012
- Half as many heart deaths for those with high levels of vitamin D – meta-analysis Sept 2012
- Shift workers 23 percent more likely to have cardiovascular events – meta-analysis July 2012
- Low density lipoprotein cholesterol is predictable from vitamin D levels – meta-analysis March 2012
- 800 IU Vitamin D does not help heart – meta-analysis Aug 2011
- Calcium without vitamin D increased heart risk by 30 percent - Jan 2011
- Meta-analysis unsure if vitamin D can prevent cardiovascular disease – Sept 2010
Pages listed in BOTH the categories Intervention and Cardiovascular
- 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly following cardiac failure helps – RCT 2014
- 50,000 IU of Vitamin D for 9 weeks was enough to restore blood levels (but not long enough to statistically improve CVD) – Aug 2018
- Cardiovascular risk markers not helped by 20,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT May 2018
- Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
- Hypertension not controlled by 26 ng of Vitamin D (50,000 IU bi-weekly A-A) – RCT Nov 2017
- Heart Failure not helped by Vitamin D (several strange things about the trial) – RCT May 2017
- Chronic Heart Failure improved with 4,000 IU daily for a year – RCT April 2016
- Cardiovascular death reduction in dark skin migrants by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D – May 2015
- Heart failure markers reduced by 400 IU of vitamin D and Calcium (surprise) – RCT Jan 2015
- Angina dramatically reduced by injections of vitamin D twice a month (300,000 IU) – Jan 2015
- Salmon intervention (vitamin D and Omega-3) improved heart rate variability and reduced anxiety – Nov 2014
- 1700 IU vitamin D for a year provided no cardiovascular benefit (no surprise) – RCT Oct 2014
- Seniors with Heart Failure helped by daily 4,000 IU of vitamin D (increase 16 ng) – RCT Aug 2014
- Hearts responded to stress better after 5,000 IU of vitamin D for a month - March 2014
- More blood was pumped by those getting 800,000 IU of vitamin D after heart failure – RCT Oct 2013
- Chronic Heart Failure helped with 2,000 IU of vitamin D (PRA reduced) – RCT June 2013
- 4000 IU vitamin D daily for just 5 days reduced inflammation after heart attack – RCT Jan 2013
- Congestive heart failure in infants virtually cured by 1000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Feb 2012
- Chance of death after heart failure reduced by 1000 IU of vitamin D – Feb 2012
Pages listed in BOTH the categories Diabetes and Cardiovascular
- COVID-19 deaths 4 to 7 X more likely if Diabetic, Hypertensive, or CVD - meta-analysis March 2020
- Resvertrol fights Parkinson, Alzheimers, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, ALS, Stroke, etc.– Nov 2018
- Peripheral Arterial Disease 3.7 X more likely in diabetics with low vitamin D – June 2019
- Cardiometaboic problems decreased with increased Vitamin D, unless low Magnesium – Aug 2017
- Cardiometabolic risk reduced by Omega-3 - dissertation Sept 2017
- Psoriasis is associated with kidney disease, heart problems, diabetes, etc – Nov 2015
- Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes helped by Vitamin D – most 2013-15 studies agree
- More vitamin D makes for better health – dissertation based on Rotterdam studies – Oct 2015
- The health benefits of vitamin K – Oct 2015
- ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D
- Hypothesis: Diabetes association with CVD is via Vitamin D – Sept 2012
- Vitamin D significantly lowers macrophage adhesion to prevent arterial clots (in diabetics)– Nov 2012
- Vitamin D protects against many types of health problems – review May 2013
- Hypothesis: Decreasing Magnesium and increasing CaMg ratio are increasing health problems – 2012 - 2013
- Timeline of Heart Disease, Diabetes, fats, lard, HFCS, and vitamin D – Aug 2012
- Vitamin D level higher than 30 ng reduces diabetic blood clotting – Nov 2012
- Off topic: CVD: the primary cause of death in senior women, is increasing – Nov 2012
- Low vitamin D associated with obesity-related diseases for ethnic minorities – Sept 2011
- Vitamin D deficiency might cause diabetes and cardiovascular diseases – Jan 2012
- Vitamin D relationship with HDL and LDL is uncertain – Oct 2011
- Studies linked low vitamin D and dark skin to Obesity, Diabetes, and heart – June 2011
- Not yet certain that vitamin D reduces cardiovascular and diabetes in blacks – Mar 2011
- Overview Metabolic Syndrome and vitamin D
- Vitamin D deficiency associated with many diseases – Greece April 2010
- The impact of vitamin D deficiency on diabetes and cardiovascular risk -April 2010
- Table of outcomes for seniors vs vitamin D level
- Vitamin D decreases incidence of disease
Pages listed in BOTH the categories Magnesium and Cardiovascular
- Signs of low Magnesium (heart problems in this case) – Jan 2018
- Ablation does not reduce atrial fibrillation (CABANA study) but Magnesium does – June 2018
- Cardiometaboic problems decreased with increased Vitamin D, unless low Magnesium – Aug 2017
- Heart problems in obese increase if deficient in BOTH Vitamin D and Magnesium – Aug 2017
- Health problems prevented by eating nuts (perhaps due to Magnesium and or Omega-3) – meta-analysis Dec 2016
- Cardiovascular calcification prevented by Omega-3, Magnesium, Vitamin K, and Vitamin D – April 2015
- More vitamin D makes for better health – dissertation based on Rotterdam studies – Oct 2015
- Atrial Fibrillation - remineralize your heart - Aug 2015
- Magnesium Suppresses Formation of Clogged Arteries - May 2014
- Death from Coronary Heart Disease related to low Magnesium intake – March 2013
- Magnesium prevents cardiovascular events – Meta-analysis March 2013
- Hypothesis: Decreasing Magnesium and increasing CaMg ratio are increasing health problems – 2012 - 2013
- Heart problems such as Afib related to little Magnesium, Omega-3, Vitamin D getting to tissues
- See also book on Amazon:Atrial Fibrillation: Remineralize Your Heart Dr. Dean July 2015
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Pages listed in BOTH the categories Omega-3 and Cardiovascular
- Omega-3 reduced cardiovascular deaths by 16 percent (427,678 people) – March 2020
- Synthetic EPA drug recommended to FDA for Cardio (Omega-3 is 8 X better) – Nov 2019
- Omega-3 reduces heart problems by ~5 percent – meta-analysis by Heart Association Oct 2019
- Cardiovascular Prevention with Omega-3 (finally using high doses) – Sept 2019
- Few people have enough EPA (an Omega-3) to reduce heart failures – July 2019
- Another Nail in the Coffin for Fish Oil Supplements (nope) – JAMA April 2018
- Omega-3 provides many cardiovascular benefits – April 2018
- Omega-3 helps the heart, AHA class II recommendation, more than 1 gm may be needed – March 2018
- 3 days of Omega-3 before cardiac surgery reduced risk of post-op bleeding by half – RCT March 2018
- Perhaps the Omega-3 optimal level is 10 percent, not 8 – Feb 2018
- Omega-3 Cardiovascular meta-analysis has at least 5 major problems – Jan 2018
- Benefits of Omega-3 beyond heart health - LEF Feb 2018
- Higher Omega-3 index (4 to 8 percent) associated with 30 percent less risk of coronary disease (10 studies) July 2017
- Cardiovascular problems reduced by low dose aspirin and perhaps Omega-3 (also Vit K) – Sept 2017
- Omega-3 reduced time in hospital and atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery – meta-analysis May 2016
- For every Omega-3 dollar there is a 84 dollar savings in Cardiovascular costs - Foster and Sullivan April 2016
- High dose Omega-3 probably reduces heart problems – American Heart Association – March 2017
- Health problems prevented by eating nuts (perhaps due to Magnesium and or Omega-3) – meta-analysis Dec 2016
- Omega-3 – need more than 1 gram for a short time to reduce Cardiovascular Disease – Nov 2016
- Omega-3 is vital for health, mail-in test is low cost and accurate
- Cardiovascular calcification prevented by Omega-3, Magnesium, Vitamin K, and Vitamin D – April 2015
- Atrial fibrillation sometimes treated by Omega-3 – meta-analysis Sept 2015
- Salmon intervention (vitamin D and Omega-3) improved heart rate variability and reduced anxiety – Nov 2014
- Omega-7 - in addition to Omega-3
- Omega-3 reduces Coronary Heart Disease - infographic June 2014
- Cardiovascular diseases – conflicting data on benefits of Omega-3 and vitamin D – Feb 2014
- Cardiovascular system benefits from both Omega-3 and vitamin D – Dec 2012
- Heart problems such as Afib related to little Magnesium, Omega-3, Vitamin D getting to tissues
- Omega-3 does not help heart patients – meta-analysis Sept 2012
Pages listed in BOTH the categories Calcium and Cardiovascular
- Calcium Supplementation is OK provided you also take Vitamin K – Feb 2019
- Less than 900 IU of Vitamin D and Calcium do not cause cardiovascular problems – Dec 2016
- 800 IU of vitamin D is not enough to help Cardiovascular Disease (found again) – Oct 2016
- Calcium supplementation associated with 3.9X increase risk of atrial fibrillation – June 2015
- Adding Calcium does NOT cause cardiovascular problems (reverses their meta-analysis) – Dec 2014
- Increased Vitamin K2 reduces the problems of excess Calcium – Nov 2013
- More than 400 mg of Calcium supplements caused cardiovascular deaths in men - Feb 2013
- Stiff arteries in seniors associated with low vitamin D levels – July 2012
- Aortic Calcification 85 percent more likely if vitamin D level lower than 29 ng – June 2012
- More than 800 mg of Calcium increases Cardiovascular events by 85 percent– Nov 2011
- Is excess calcium harmful to health - 2010
- Review of Calcium – Vitamin D - Cardiovascular Disease – June 2011
- Calcium without vitamin D increased heart risk by 30 percent - Jan 2011
- Heart attacks increased by 30% in those taking 500 mg of Calcium without vitamin D – July 2010
Pages listed in BOTH the categories Infant/Child and Cardiovascular
- Vitamin D levels dropped 42 percent immediately after pediatric cardiac surgery – Dec 2019
- Extreme Heat Events increase congenital heart defects (perhaps low vitamin D) - Jan 2019
- Congenital Heart problems - vitamin D levels drop even lower after surgery, loading dose probably required - thesis 2015
- Cardiovascular risk factors in children associated with low vitamin D – May 2012
- Congestive heart failure in infants virtually cured by 1000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Feb 2012
- Babies Receive Heart Transplants Instead of Vitamin D Treatment
Pages listed in BOTH the categories Mortality and Cardiovascular
- Omega-3 reduced cardiovascular deaths by 16 percent (427,678 people) – March 2020
- Cardiovascular death 1.5X more likely if less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – 22nd meta-analysis Nov 2019
- Mortality associated with Vitamin K insufficiency (PREVEND Study) – Nov 2017
- Cardiovascular deaths 12 percent less likely if have 10 ng more vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
- 7X increased chance of death if coronary artery disease and low vitamin D – Oct 2013
- Fewer heart attacks, hip fractures and deaths if more skin cancer – Sept 2013
- Vitamin D protects against many types of health problems – review May 2013
- Almost 6X more likely to die after coronary bypass if vitamin D deficient – Dec 2012
- Predicted cardiac surgery death associated with low vitamin D levels – Dec 2012
- 3 X increased chance of death if have asthma – study of 200,000 people over 10 years – Nov 2012
- Low levels of vitamin D associated with all cause mortality – Oct 2012
- Death in less than 2 years of Heart Failure associated with low vitamin D - April 2012
- Heart Failure early death 2X more likely if less than 20 nanograms of vitamin D – June 2012
- Chance of death after heart failure reduced by 1000 IU of vitamin D – Feb 2012
- Heart patients 10 percent more likely to die for every 4 ng less vitamin D – May 2011
- Did not find association between vitamin D and cardiovascular mortality – Sept 2010
- Table of outcomes for seniors vs vitamin D level
Pages listed in BOTH the categories Dark Skin and Cardiovascular
- After Heart Failure Blacks are 45 percent more likely to re-enter the hospital in a month – Oct 2020
- Hypertension not controlled by 26 ng of Vitamin D (50,000 IU bi-weekly A-A) – RCT Nov 2017
- Cardiovascular death reduction in dark skin migrants by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D – May 2015
- Types of vitamin D, African American teenage girls, and measures of heart fitness – Dec 2014
- Low vitamin D is a risk factor for vascular diseases in African Americans - Aug 2012
- Low vitamin D increases risk of cardiovascular disease in African Americans – 2011
- Low vitamin D associated with obesity-related diseases for ethnic minorities – Sept 2011
- Vitamin D accounts for 25 percent of the racial differences in blood pressure – Oct 2011
- Striking ethnic health disparity – blacks dying due to lack of vitamin D – Nov 2011
- Studies linked low vitamin D and dark skin to Obesity, Diabetes, and heart – June 2011
- 50000 IU vitamin D2 weekly helped blacks with heart problems – Feb 2011
- Not yet certain that vitamin D reduces cardiovascular and diabetes in blacks – Mar 2011
- Improved blood flow in blacks with just 2000 IU of vitamin D – Feb 2011
- Calcium with Vitamin D2 then D3 helps A-A after heart failure – Jan 2011
- Aortas of 16 year old blacks helped by 2000 IU of vitamin D – July 2010
- Race CVD and Vitamin D - Newsletter Mar 2010
- VitDCouncilMarch2010
SCD 2X more likely in Dark Skin than Wwhite Skin (males and females) - Nov 2018 no mention of Vitamin D
Here are 200 recent Cadiovascular articles
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- After Heart Failure Blacks are 45 percent more likely to re-enter the hospital in a month – Oct 2020
- Cardiovascular Disease prevented by Vitamin K2-4 when enough is used – RTC review Sept 2020
- UVB phototherapy (which increases Vitamin D and VDR) decreased risk of many heart and stroke problems – July 2020
- Omega-3 reduced cardiovascular deaths by 16 percent (427,678 people) – March 2020
- COVID-19 deaths 4 to 7 X more likely if Diabetic, Hypertensive, or CVD - meta-analysis March 2020
- Resvertrol fights Parkinson, Alzheimers, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, ALS, Stroke, etc.– Nov 2018
- Coronary Artery Disease 2.9 X more likely in postmenopausal women if Vitamin D deficient – March 2020
- Heart Failure may be associated with low Zinc (drugs and gut restrict Zinc) - Jan 2020
- Synthetic EPA drug recommended to FDA for Cardio (Omega-3 is 8 X better) – Nov 2019
- Senior veterans with Health Failure were 1.8X more likely to be hospitalized if low vitamin D – Feb 2020
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest – 2.8 X higher risk if low vitamin D – 2019
- Vitamin D levels dropped 42 percent immediately after pediatric cardiac surgery – Dec 2019
- Arterial stiffness reduced if use at least 2,000 IU of Vitamin D for 4 months – meta-analysis Dec 2019
- Blood vessels not helped by small vitamin D doses – meta-analysis Dec 2019
- Heart Attacks in men 13 percent more likely if 10 degrees further North (Sweden) – Nov 2019
- Acute Coronary Syndrome is associated with poor Vitamin D genes (CYP27B1, CYP24A1) – Nov 2019
- Cardiovascular death 1.5X more likely if less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – 22nd meta-analysis Nov 2019
- Omega-3 reduces heart problems by ~5 percent – meta-analysis by Heart Association Oct 2019
- Cardiovascular Prevention with Omega-3 (finally using high doses) – Sept 2019
- Preterm birth increases risk of heart disease by 1.5 X by age 40 – June 2019
- Statin side-effects are reduced by Vitamin D – US patent Application – April 2019
- Few people have enough EPA (an Omega-3) to reduce heart failures – July 2019
- Peripheral Arterial Disease 3.7 X more likely in diabetics with low vitamin D – June 2019
- Vitamin D supplementation reduces many Cardiovascular Disease markers– meta-analysis July 2018
- Low-dose vitamin D does not help cardiovascular (many were 100-1,000 IU) – meta-analysis June 2019
- Risk of Cardiovascular disease increased 2X if both low vitamin D and high C-reactive protein – April 2019
- Football professionals die more often of neuro and cardio problems than those in baseball – May 2019
- Resveratrol and Cardiovascular Diseases – May 2016
- Calcium Supplementation is OK provided you also take Vitamin K – Feb 2019
- Bone marrow failure (MDS) is associated with half as much Vitamin D – April 2019
- Heart Failure 15X more likely if poor VDR, even if good level of vitamin D (China) – March 2019
- Vitamin K reduces calcification (reported yet again) – Feb 2019
- Extreme Heat Events increase congenital heart defects (perhaps low vitamin D) - Jan 2019
- Daily aspirin reduced chance of heart problems by 0.4 percent (but 50X more reduction if Vitamin D) – Meta-analysis Jan 2019
- Heart Failure and Vitamin D meta-analyses - 2016, 2019
- Metabolic Syndrome associated with low vitamin D in abdominal obese women – Jan 2019
- Vitamin K (across all dose sizes and types) decrease Vascular Stiffness – meta-analysis - Dec 2018
- 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly following cardiac failure helps – RCT 2014
- Small or infrequent doses of vitamin D do not reduce heart failure much – meta-analysis Jan 2018
- Signs of low Magnesium (heart problems in this case) – Jan 2018
- Afib increase by 3X for the 1 in 16 people having poor genes (example of health problem) – Aug 2018
- Subclinical Heart injury in men 1.7 more likely if low vitamin D – Sept 2018
- Far fewer health problems from western diet if add Vitamin D (in rats in this study) – May 2018
- Getting Vitamin D before heart surgery prevented Afib in those who had been deficient – July 2018
- Cardiovascular disease is treated by vitamin D, unsure if low Vit D can predict Cardio – Sept 2018
- Cardiovascular risk markers not helped by 20,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT Sept 2018
- 50,000 IU of Vitamin D for 9 weeks was enough to restore blood levels (but not long enough to statistically improve CVD) – Aug 2018
- Vitamin D and Vitamin K together fight CVD Part 1- Pizzorno
- Reduced changes in heart (LVAR) and 2X more survive after heart attack if higher vitamin D – Aug 2018
- Vitamin K, Cardiovascular and interactions with Vitamin D and Vitamin A – Pizzorno July 2018
- Off Topic - EECP reduces rehospitalization after heart attack by 3X, paid by Medicare – July 2018
- 17 percent more heart attacks in the winter (perhaps due to low vitamin D) – July 2018
- Hypothesis – Vascular calcification is associated with both too much and too little vitamin D - May 2018
- Ablation does not reduce atrial fibrillation (CABANA study) but Magnesium does – June 2018
- Cardiovascular risk markers not helped by 20,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT May 2018
- Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
- Another Nail in the Coffin for Fish Oil Supplements (nope) – JAMA April 2018
- Omega-3 provides many cardiovascular benefits – April 2018
- Half of Women Over 50 Desperately Need This Potent Nutrient (Vitamin D) – April 2018
- Heart Failure is predicted by PTH (but vitamin D both prevents and treats HF) – Jan 2018
- Peripheral arterial disease risk is 1.5X higher if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2018
- Omega-3 helps the heart, AHA class II recommendation, more than 1 gm may be needed – March 2018
- 3 days of Omega-3 before cardiac surgery reduced risk of post-op bleeding by half – RCT March 2018
- Open Heart Surgery associated with low vitamin D, but not if 150,000 IU before surgery – RCT March 2018
- Cardiovascular death 40 percent more likely in a decade if chest pain and low Vitamin D - March 2018
- Perhaps the Omega-3 optimal level is 10 percent, not 8 – Feb 2018
- Hypothesis - Dysfunction of Autonomic Nervous System is associated with low vitamin D – April 2017
- Omega-3 Cardiovascular meta-analysis has at least 5 major problems – Jan 2018
- Heart cells may be repaired by vitamin D (nanosensors observed nitric oxide in dish) - Jan 2018
- Benefits of Omega-3 beyond heart health - LEF Feb 2018
- Early menarche, miscarriage and stillbirth are associated with heart disease (all are associated with low Vitamin D) – Jan 2018
- Off Topic – EMT diagnoses Heart Attacks correctly 73% of the time in the US, 95% correct if use A.I. – Jan 2018
- Lipoprotein(a) triples the risk of heart attack or stroke unless add Vitamin D, etc. – Jan 2018
- Stroke or coronary heart disease deaths 30% less likely if had taken more than 440 IU of vitamin D (900,000 patient years) – Jan 2018
- Arterial stiffness reduced by Omega-3, Vitamin D, Vitamin K2, Magnesium, etc.
- Cardiometaboic problems decreased with increased Vitamin D, unless low Magnesium – Aug 2017
- Congenital heart defects twice as likely if low vitamin D while pregnant – Feb 2018
- Higher Omega-3 index (4 to 8 percent) associated with 30 percent less risk of coronary disease (10 studies) July 2017
- Mortality associated with Vitamin K insufficiency (PREVEND Study) – Nov 2017
- Atrial Fibrillation strongly associated with some vitamin D binding protein – Dec 2017
- Cardiometabolic risk reduced by Omega-3 - dissertation Sept 2017
- Hypothesis - Low Vitamin D causes Cardiovascular diseases - Dec 2016
- Off topic: Heart surgery in afternoon has half the complications - Oct 2017
- Cardiac Surgery and active vitamin D – quickly dropped by 29 percent, 6 more days in hospital if deficient – Nov 2017
- Hypertension not controlled by 26 ng of Vitamin D (50,000 IU bi-weekly A-A) – RCT Nov 2017
- Heart Attack increased risk of vascular dementia by 1.35 X (both associated with low vitamin D) Oct 2017
- Risk that Heart does not pump enough (ejection fraction) is 2.5 X more likely if low vitamin D – Oct 2017
- Coronary Artery Disease risk both increased and decreased by 30 percent with mutations in Vitamin D Binding – April 2016
- Coronary Heart Disease 57 percent more likely if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein with high PTH – Nov 2017
- Heart Failure Quality of Life greatly improved by 10,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Oct 2017
- Cardiovascular Diseases associated with both Vitamin D and innate immune system (TLR) – Oct 2017
- Intracranial arterial calcification in 85 percent of ischemic strokes (Vitamin K and Vitamin D should help) – Oct 2017
- Vitamin D Binding Protein and Coronary artery disease – Oct 2017
- Heart Disease 40 percent more likely in women having poor Vitamin D Binding Protein – Sept 2017
- Decalcify Aortic Valve – 3 year trial with 1 mg of Vitamin K and 5,000 IU of Vitamin D – 2021
- Cardiovascular problems reduced by low dose aspirin and perhaps Omega-3 (also Vit K) – Sept 2017
- Omega-3 reduced time in hospital and atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery – meta-analysis May 2016
- Heart Failure patients 4 X less likely to benefit from pacemaker (CRT) if low vitamin D – Oct 2017
- Anemia (in heart failure) not treated by Vitamin D (they should have added Iron) – RCT Aug 2017
- Heart Failure with depression increases risk of death by 9.5 X if low vitamin D – Aug 2017
- Heart problems in obese increase if deficient in BOTH Vitamin D and Magnesium – Aug 2017
- Acute Heart Failure length of stay and readmission rates cut in half if high vitamin D – Aug 2017
- Heart failure among 137 seniors 12X more likely if low vitamin D – Aug 2017
- Chronic Heart Failure – not enough evidence that Vitamin D helps (but lots of evidence for other cardiovascular problems) – Aug 2017
- Obstructive coronary artery disease 2.9 X more likely if chest pain and low vitamin D – Aug 2016
- Athletes maximal cardiac output increased 12 percent with Vitamin K2 – RCT July 2017
- Fast blood flow 6.8 X more likely if high vitamin D AND high vitamin K – Aug 2017
- For every Omega-3 dollar there is a 84 dollar savings in Cardiovascular costs - Foster and Sullivan April 2016
- Heart Failure not helped by Vitamin D (several strange things about the trial) – RCT May 2017
- Vitamin D augmented conventional Congestive Heart Failure treatment in perhaps 10 ways – case reports April 2017
- Why 100,000 IU of vitamin D monthly did not reduce Cardiovascular Disease – RCT April 2017
- High dose Omega-3 probably reduces heart problems – American Heart Association – March 2017
- Off topic: Ibuprofin increases risk of cardiac arrest by 30% – March 2017
- Cardiovascular deaths 12 percent less likely if have 10 ng more vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
- Vitamin D reduces chance of a second heart attack and death – Jan 2017
- New blood vessels (angiogenesis) is regulated by Vitamin D – 2016
- Smoking associated with 2 times fewer heart problems if high vitamin D – Sept 2016
- Low Vitamin K2 is as risky as smoking for heart disease - Oct 2016
- Less than 900 IU of Vitamin D and Calcium do not cause cardiovascular problems – Dec 2016
- Health problems prevented by eating nuts (perhaps due to Magnesium and or Omega-3) – meta-analysis Dec 2016
- Atherosclerosis prevented by Ultraviolet light (UVB in mice) – Oct 2016
- Yet another heart problem, Cardiac X syndrome, is associated with low vitamin D – 2016
- Omega-3 – need more than 1 gram for a short time to reduce Cardiovascular Disease – Nov 2016
- 800 IU of vitamin D is not enough to help Cardiovascular Disease (found again) – Oct 2016
- High maternal vitamin D resulted in 12 percent less inflammation (CRP) 20 years later – Oct 2016
- Cardiovascular death: 9 percent due to hypertension or air pollution, 7 percent: low Vitamin K2 or smoking – Oct 2016
- Omega-3 is vital for health, mail-in test is low cost and accurate
- Peripheral Arterial Disease 2 percent more likely for every 1 nanogram less Vitamin D – Sept 2016
- Atrial Fibrillation 1.3 times more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis Sept 2016
- Decreased need for warfarin after Vitamin D levels optimized – RCT May 2016
- Coronary Artery Disease without diabetes 5 times more likely if VDR gene problems – meta-analysis May 2016
- Cardiac syndrome X patients have very low vitamin D levels – April 2016
- Cardiac rehabilitation had more power if more than 20 nanograms of vitamin D – April 2015
- Chronic Heart Failure improved with 4,000 IU daily for a year – RCT April 2016
- Coronary Heart Disease 3 times more likely if endometriosis before age 40 (vitamin D not mentioned) – March 2016
- Heart problems are reduced with vitamin D – Heart month Feb 2016
- Cardiovascular calcification prevented by Omega-3, Magnesium, Vitamin K, and Vitamin D – April 2015
- Atherosclerosis – higher risk due to low vitamin D than HDL – Feb 2015
- Congenital Heart problems - vitamin D levels drop even lower after surgery, loading dose probably required - thesis 2015
- Exercise capacity (VO2) 25 percent higher if high level of vitamin D – Dec 2015
- Psoriasis is associated with kidney disease, heart problems, diabetes, etc – Nov 2015
- Heart disease 2.9 X more likely if essential hypertension person has low vitamin D – Jan 2016
- Major heart problems avoided if have high vitamin D – 234,000 people Nov 2015
- Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes helped by Vitamin D – most 2013-15 studies agree
- Chronic Heart Failure not treated by Vitamin D, if dose size is ignored – meta-analysis Oct 2015
- Atrial fibrillation sometimes treated by Omega-3 – meta-analysis Sept 2015
- More vitamin D makes for better health – dissertation based on Rotterdam studies – Oct 2015
- Peripheral Arterial Disease patients have low vitamin D levels – meta-analysis Oct 2015
- The health benefits of vitamin K – Oct 2015
- Cardiovascular Disease and vitamin D – no proof yet – Sept 2015
- Acute Coronary Syndrome twice as bad if low vitamin D – May 2015
- Atrial Fibrillation - remineralize your heart - Aug 2015
- Calcium supplementation associated with 3.9X increase risk of atrial fibrillation – June 2015
- Vitamin D for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Are we ready for that - June 2015
- Links between Vitamin D Deficiency and Cardiovascular Diseases – April 2015
- Health problems are related to birth month - June 2015
- Cardiovascular Diseases and Vitamin D – Review Feb 2015
- Hypothesis: Atherosclerosis in Ancient and Modern Humans due to low vitamin D (behind paywall) - May 2015
- If you must take statins and want to avoid hardening of arteries, take vitamin K2 – RCT May 2015
- Vitamin D, the autonomic nervous system, and cardiovascular risk - Editorial April 2015
- Cardiovascular death reduction in dark skin migrants by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D – May 2015
- Atrial fibrillation reduced with modest vitamin D levels (did not consider Magnesium) – May 2015
- Higher vitamin D levels associated with health and lower risk of atrial fibrillation – May 2015
- Heart failure markers reduced by 400 IU of vitamin D and Calcium (surprise) – RCT Jan 2015
- Atrial fibrillation - Vitamin D improved 1 of 4 measures – March 2015
- Vitamin K2 decreases arterial stiffness (cleans arteries) – RCT Feb 2015
- ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D
- Hypothesis: Vitamin K will reduce prostate blood vessel problems – Jan 2015
- Active vitamin D decreased atrial fibrillation occurrence by 9X and duration by 77X (rabbits) – March 2014
- Low Vitamin D – 2X more likely to have premie AND mother later to have heart problems – Feb 2015
- Children with low vitamin D were 1.8 X more likely to have poor arteries 27 years later – Feb 2015
- High triglyceride and cholesterol associated with low vitamin D in postmenopausal women – Dec 2014
- C-reactive protein (heart disease marker) reduced by vitamin D – meta-analysis 2014, 2019
- Vitamin D and CVD - potential mechanisms and novel perspectives - 2013
- Cardiovascular disease associated with postmenopausal non-human primates – meta-analysis Jan 2015
- Adding Calcium does NOT cause cardiovascular problems (reverses their meta-analysis) – Dec 2014
- Types of vitamin D, African American teenage girls, and measures of heart fitness – Dec 2014
- Angina dramatically reduced by injections of vitamin D twice a month (300,000 IU) – Jan 2015
- Coronary Artery Enlargement associated with low levels of vitamin D – Nov 2014
- Sudden cardiac arrest 6X worse outcome if low vitamin D – Nov 2014
- Salmon intervention (vitamin D and Omega-3) improved heart rate variability and reduced anxiety – Nov 2014
- Statins with low vitamin D increased chance of musculoskeletal pain by 2X – Jan 2015
- Hypothesis: Diabetes association with CVD is via Vitamin D – Sept 2012
- 1700 IU vitamin D for a year provided no cardiovascular benefit (no surprise) – RCT Oct 2014
- Statin pain associated with 10 ng less vitamin D – meta-analysis Oct 2014
- Low heart rate variability (a bad thing) is associated with low vitamin D – Oct 2014
- 92 percent had low vitamin D before heart surgery– Oct 2014
- Major ECG abnormalities associated with low vitamin D and death – Sept 2014
- Omega-7 - in addition to Omega-3
- Cardiovascular Disease is associated with lack of Vitamin D - meets most of Hill's Criteria -Aug 2014
- Seniors with Heart Failure helped by daily 4,000 IU of vitamin D (increase 16 ng) – RCT Aug 2014
- Risk of Cardiac failure reduced 20 percent by 800 IU of vitamin D and Calcium – meta-analysis July 2014
- Omega-3 reduces Coronary Heart Disease - infographic June 2014
- Inflammatory diseases: review of vitamin D, with many tables – May 2014
- Why is too much vitamin D bad for bad hearts – Jan 2014
- Magnesium Suppresses Formation of Clogged Arteries - May 2014
- Vitamin D and neurocognitive function – April 2014
- Coronary artery disease extent is associated with extent of vitamin D deficiency – April 2014
- Cardiovascular diseases – conflicting data on benefits of Omega-3 and vitamin D – Feb 2014
- Hearts responded to stress better after 5,000 IU of vitamin D for a month - March 2014
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