Association Between Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction and Vitamin D Levels in Congestive Heart Failure; A Cross Sectional Study

Congestive heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease that incidence is growing in the population. Vitamin D effects on directly myocardial cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between vitamin D levels with ejection fraction of left vetricule.

The study population consisted of 101 patients admitted with heart failure. Age, gender, and demographic characteristics (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking-nonsmoking, coronary artery disease) of all patients were recorded. In all patients for blood analyses vitamin D, creatine, crp and lipid profile were studied. And all patients were studied echocardiography.

HF patients, in our population 35 (34.7%) patient is female and 66 (65.3%) patient is male. The mean age of our patients was calculated as 67.4± 12.9 years. Our patients laboratory parameters mean were measured for vitamin D 24.3±17.3 ng/ml. LVEF mean was measured 31.8±9.5. In our study group LVEF and vitamin D was correlated with each other

Vitamin D and LVEF had a positive correlation in heart failure patients. It may be occured with the protective effect of vitamin D or consequence of hipovitaminosis.