Low Vitamin D Concentration Is Not Associated with Increased Mortality and Morbidity after Cardiac Surgery

Alparslan Turan; Martin Grady; Jing You; Edward J. Mascha; Worasak Keeyapaj; Ryu Komatsu; C. Allen Bashour; Daniel I. Sessler; Leif Saager; Andrea Kurz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063831

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Low Vitamin D Concentration Is Not Associated with Increased Mortality and Morbidity after Cardiac Surgery

Alparslan Turan ,

* E-mail: turana@ccf.org

Affiliation Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Martin Grady,

Affiliations Department of Regional Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Jing You,

Affiliations Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Edward J. Mascha,

Affiliations Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Worasak Keeyapaj,

Current address: Assistant in Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Ryu Komatsu,

Affiliation Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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C. Allen Bashour,

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Daniel I. Sessler,

Affiliations Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Leif Saager,

Affiliation Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Andrea Kurz

Affiliation Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Low Vitamin D Concentration Is Not Associated with Increased Mortality and Morbidity after Cardiac Surgery

Alparslan Turan,
Martin Grady,
Jing You,
Edward J. Mascha,
Worasak Keeyapaj,
Ryu Komatsu,
C. Allen Bashour,
Daniel I. Sessler,
Leif Saager,
Andrea Kurz

Published: May 28, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063831

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