Study of Vitamin D Levels in Patients of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

BACKGROUNDAcute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major concern globally and recent studies explored the role of vitamin D deficiency as one of the predisposing factors and documented its deleterious effect both in mortality and morbidity associated with the incident. Apart from its usual role of maintaining calcium homeostasis in humans new found role of vitamin D as a risk factor in cardiovascular incidents have gathered interest and it was proven by various studies available in literature that Vitamin D deficiency adversely affects post MI cardiac remodelling. So, hypovitaminosis D is also a major concern and needs therapeutic interventions. The present study was done with an aim to reveal any association existing between AMI cases & Vitamin D deficiency. Aims and objectives-To study Vitamin D (25(OH)D) level in AMI cases and to study any significant statistical association existing between AMI cases & Vitamin D level.