Effect of vitamin D therapy on endothelial function in ischemic heart disease female patients with vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency: A primary report.

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction. We evaluated endothelial function in ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients with vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency before and after vitamin D therapy.

Methods: An uncontrolled before-after study was conducted in Isfahan, Iran on consecutive sample of female IHD patients who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention in the preceding 6 months and/or referred with chronic stable angina.