Vitamin D insufficiency in congestive heart failure: Why and what to do about it?

Long-Term Trends in the Incidence of and Survival with Heart Failure

2002 • 2,132 citations

Vitamin D Deficiency and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in the Elderly: Consequences for Bone Loss and Fractures and Therapeutic Implications

2001 • 1,911 citations

Hypovitaminosis D in Medical Inpatients

1998 • 1,447 citations

Human serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol response to extended oral dosing with cholecalciferol

2003 • 1,411 citations

Aging decreases the capacity of human skin to produce vitamin D3.

1985 • 1,404 citations

Quantifying the heart failure epidemic: prevalence, incidence rate, lifetime risk and prognosis of heart failure The Rotterdam Study.

2004 • 1,039 citations

Effects of Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation on Falls: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2003 • 989 citations

Vitamin D supplementation improves cytokine profiles in patients with congestive heart failure: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

2006 • 921 citations

Vitamin D in preventive medicine: are we ignoring the evidence?

2003 • 904 citations

Activated Injectable Vitamin D and Hemodialysis Survival

2005 • 780 citations

Plasma Cytokine Parameters and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

2000 • 778 citations

Evidence that vitamin D3 increases serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D more efficiently than does vitamin D2

1998 • 654 citations

Differences in vitamin D status between countries in young adults and the elderly

1992 • 627 citations

Efficacy and safety of vitamin D3 intake exceeding the lowest observed adverse effect level

2001 • 623 citations

Effects of a Short-Term Vitamin D3 and Calcium Supplementation on Blood Pressure and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Elderly Women1

2001 • 596 citations

Vitamin D Deficiency and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in the Elderly: Consequences for Bone Loss and Fractures and Therapeutic Implications

2001 • 544 citations

Low vitamin D status: a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure?

2002 • 540 citations

Hypovitaminosis D Myopathy Without Biochemical Signs of Osteomalacic Bone Involvement

2000 • 518 citations

Active Serum Vitamin D Levels Are Inversely Correlated With Coronary Calcification

1997 • 488 citations

Vitamin D: the underappreciated D-lightful hormone that is important for skeletal and cellular health

2002 • 483 citations

The coming of age of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 analogs as immunomodulatory agents

2002 • 469 citations

Incidence and epidemiology of heart failure.

2000 • 457 citations

Age-Related Changes in the 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Versus Parathyroid Hormone Relationship Suggest a Different Reason Why Older Adults Require More Vitamin D

2003 • 428 citations

Putting cardiovascular disease and vitamin D insufficiency into perspective

2005 • 422 citations

Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, and cardiovascular disease in chronic renal failure

1999 • 419 citations

Prevalence and significance of low 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in healthy subjects in Delhi

2000 • 413 citations

Vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular function in older people who fall

2004 • 406 citations

Safety and Efficacy of a Soluble P75 Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor (Enbrel, Etanercept) in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

1999 • 397 citations

The vitamin D questions: How much do you need and how should you get it?

2006 • 372 citations

Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation Prevents Osteoporotic Fractures in Elderly Community Dwelling Residents: A Pragmatic Population-Based 3-Year Intervention Study

2004 • 365 citations

Basic Mechanisms in Congestive Heart Failure

1994 • 365 citations

Vitamin D regulation of the renin–angiotensin system

2003 • 358 citations

Bone Mass, Vitamin D Deficiency, and Hyperparathyroidism in Congestive Heart Failure

1997 • 355 citations

Lower risk for cardiovascular mortality in oral 1 -hydroxy vitamin D3 users in a haemodialysis population

2003 • 351 citations

Effects of a Short-Term Vitamin D3 and Calcium Supplementation on Blood Pressure and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Elderly Women

2001 • 349 citations

Intravenous calcitriol regresses myocardial hypertrophy in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism

1999 • 310 citations

Fortification of orange juice with vitamin D: a novel approach for enhancing vitamin D nutritional health

2003 • 294 citations

The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases.

1980 • 275 citations

Calcium and 1α,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D3 target the TNF‐α pathway to suppress experimental inflammatory bowel disease

2004 • 256 citations

Vitamin D status in the elderly: seasonal substrate deficiency causes 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol deficiency

1987 • 240 citations

Parathyroid hormone and left ventricular hypertrophy

2003 • 238 citations

1-alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)(2)D(3)) hampers the maturation of fully active immature dendritic cells from monocytes

2001 • 231 citations

Can Vitamin D Supplementation Reduce the Risk of Fracture in the Elderly? A Randomized Controlled Trial

2002 • 225 citations

Rat calcium-binding proteins: distribution, development, and vitamin D dependence

1982 • 181 citations

The association between congestive heart failure and chronic renal disease

2004 • 172 citations

Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Abrogates Myocardial Inflammation but Not Hypertrophy in Cytokine-Induced Cardiomyopathy

2000 • 159 citations

Severe Deficiency of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Association with Immunological Hyperactivity and Only Minor Changes in Calcium Homeostasis

1998 • 153 citations

The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on the Bone Mineral Density of the Femoral Neck Is Associated with Vitamin D Receptor Genotype

1997 • 153 citations

Serum parathyroid hormone levels predict coronary heart disease: the Tromsø Study

2004 • 140 citations

Annual intramuscular injection of a megadose of cholecalciferol for treatment of vitamin D deficiency: efficacy and safety data

2005 • 134 citations

Serum Parathyroid Hormone Is Associated with Increased Mortality Independent of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Status, Bone Mass, and Renal Function in the Frail and Very Old: A Cohort Study

2004 • 133 citations

Non-genomic signal transduction pathway of vitamin D in muscle

1994 • 117 citations

Vitamin D status and secondary hyperparathyroidism: The importance of 25-hydroxyvitamin D cut-off levels

2003 • 114 citations

Seasonal Variation in Serum Concentrations of Parathyroid Hormone in Elderly People*

1983 • 111 citations

Plasma Vitamin D and 25OHD Responses of Young and Old Men to Supplementation with Vitamin D₃

2002 • 102 citations

Commentary from Westminster

1979 • 101 citations

Do disease specific characteristics add to the explanation of mobility limitations in patients with different chronic diseases? A study in The Netherlands.

1997 • 96 citations

Uremic Cardiomyopathy: Potential Role of Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone

1984 • 93 citations

1,25-(OH) 2 -vitamin D 3 and calcipotriol induce IL-10 receptor gene expression in human epidermal cells

1997 • 91 citations

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Vitamin D Supplementation on Preventing Postmenopausal Bone Loss and Modifying Bone Metabolism Using Identical Twin Pairs

2000 • 89 citations

Vitamin D status as the major factor determining the circulating levels of parathyroid hormone: a study in normal subjects

2004 • 82 citations

Seasonal variations in vitamin D status and calcium absorption do not influence bone turnover in young women

1998 • 82 citations

A prospective trial of the effect of vitamin D supplementation on metacarpal bone loss in elderly women

1985 • 74 citations

Do cytokines enable risk stratification to be improved in NYHA functional class III patients?. Comparison with other potential predictors of prognosis

2002 • 72 citations

Exercise-Trained Young Men Have Higher Calcium Absorption Rates and Plasma Calcitriol Levels Compared with Age-Matched Sedentary Controls

2000 • 65 citations

Effectiveness of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D Supplementation on Blood Pressure Reduction in a Pseudohypoparathyroidism Patient with High Renin Activity.

1999 • 65 citations

ANNUAL HIGH-DOSE VITAMIN D PROPHYLAXIS IN ASIAN IMMIGRANTS

1981 • 61 citations

Immunosuppression, Skin Cancer, and Ultraviolet A Radiation

2005 • 52 citations

Vitamin D2 dose required to rapidly increase 25OHD levels in osteoporotic women

2006 • 43 citations

Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Responses of Younger and Older Men to Three Weeks of Supplementation with 1800 IU/day of Vitamin D

1999 • 42 citations

Severe Deficiency of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Association with Immunological Hyperactivity and Only Minor Changes in Calcium Homeostasis

1998 • 41 citations

VITAMIN D PROPHYLAXIS IN THE ELDERLY: A SIMPLE EFFECTIVE METHOD SUITABLE FOR LARGE POPULATIONS

1985 • 36 citations

Congestive heart failure is associated with the rate of bone loss

2003 • 35 citations

Single dose vitamin D treatment for osteomalacia in the elderly.

1985 • 33 citations

Single Oral High‐Dose Vitamin D₃ Prophylaxis in the Elderly

1986 • 32 citations

Use of medical resources and quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure: a prospective survey in a large Italian community hospital

1999 • 31 citations

Renal dysfunction in congestive heart failure, pathophysiological and prognostic significance

2004 • 22 citations

The scale of heart failure: diagnosis and management issues for primary care

1999 • 22 citations

Involvement of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in regulating myocardial calcium metabolism: Physiological and pathological actions

1988 • 21 citations

[Bone density and laboratory parameters of bone metabolism in patients with terminal heart disease].

1996 • 21 citations

How to Define Normal Values for Serum Concentrations of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D? An Overview

2005 • 17 citations

Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in adults and elderly humans after a prophylactic dose of vitamin D₂

1983 • 13 citations

Factores clínicos asociados a la pérdida de masa ósea previa al trasplante cardíaco

2000 • 9 citations

[Prevalence of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and causal factors in adult population in Reykjavík area].

2005 • 9 citations

Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in adults and elderly humans after a prophylactic dose of vitamin D2

1983 • 4 citations