Vitmamin D supplementation with Cardiac Rehabilitation reduces the number of RVOT Premature Ventricular Contractions

• Main Authors: CISMARU Gabriel, GURZAU Diana, FRINGU Florina, MARTIS Alexandru, CALOIAN Bogdan, COMSA Horatiu, GUSETU Gabriel, PUIU Mihai, ISTRATOAIE Sabina, CISMARU Andrei, ROSU Radu, POP Dana, ZDRENGHEA Dumitru
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romanian Association of Balneology, Editura Balneara 2020-12-01
• Series: Balneo Research Journal
• Subjects: cardiac rehabilitation; vitamin d; ventricular premature contractions; physical activity
• Online Access: http://bioclima.ro/Balneo406.pdf

Introduction. Vitamin D deficiency is a quite common pathology in European countries. Serum vitamin D levels are closely linked to physical fitness and lesser response to cardiac rehabilitation in various categories of patients with heart disease. Vitamin D is also involved in the function of heart cells via a vitamin D receptors found in cardiomyocytes. We present the case of a patient with vitamin D deficiency and symptomatic premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), in whom cardiac rehabilitation decreased PVC number, but association with vitamin D supplements led to a significant decrease in PVCs and complete disappearance of symptoms.