Possible Injury to the Cardiovascular System from Vitamin D
Authors: HELEN B. TAUSSIG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Article1 December 1966Possible Injury to the Cardiovascular System from Vitamin DHELEN B. TAUSSIG, M.D., F.A.C.P.HELEN B. TAUSSIG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-65-6-1195 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe interest in vitamin D as a possible source of injury to the cardiovascular system lies in the recent advances in our knowledge of supravalvular aortic stenosis. When, in 1958, Denie and Verheugt (1) reviewed the literature on supravalvular aortic stenosis, they found that 12 cases had been described, and they added 1 case of their own. After this, a number of such cases were recognized. In 1961, Wooley and associates (2) described the occurrence of supravalvular aortic stenosis in several members of one family. The existence of this so-called familial type has been confirmed by others and is now...References1. 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TAUSSIG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Baltimore, MarylandFrom the Cardiac Clinic, Children's Medical and Surgical Center of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.Dr. Taussig is the Thomas M. Rivers Memorial Distinguished Research Fellow, the National Foundation, New York, N. Y.This paper was presented as the John Phillips Memorial Award Lecture at the Forty-seventh Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, April 19, 1966, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Helen B. Taussig, M.D., The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. 21205. 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