Why the study?
Does pre-operative vitamin D status predict the risk of MACCE in cardiac surgical patients?
Population
4,418 cardiac surgical patients in Central Europe
Comparison
Pre-operative 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25D) levels vs Pre-operative 25(OH)D levels of 75-100 nmol/L
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
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Should not yet guide pre-operative vitamin D management in cardiac surgery; hypothesis-generating for U-shaped MACCE risk.
Does pre-operative vitamin D status predict the risk of MACCE in cardiac surgical patients?
Pre-operative vitamin D deficiency and excess are both independently associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events following cardiac surgery, demonstrating a U-shaped risk relationship.
Zittermann et al. (2013) studied this question.
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