Phillip D Levy, Michael J Twiner, Aaron M Brody, Rachelle Dawood, Brian Reed, Lynn Marie Mango, Laura Gowland, Greg Grandits, Kenneth Svendsen, Ewart Mark Haacke, Tao Li, Liying Zhang, Candace D McNaughton, John M Flack
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and vitamin D deficiency have been linked to hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular disease, particularly in African Americans (AAs). Our objective was to determine if the addition of vitamin D to antihypertensive therapy would lead to greater regression of LV mass index (LVMI) as determined by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) after 1-year in vitamin D deficient AA patients with uncontrolled HTN and LVH. METHODS: This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-center study...
August 26, 2022: American Journal of Hypertension