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Impact of menaquinone-4 supplementation on coronary artery calcification and arterial stiffness: an open label single arm study

BACKGROUND: Dietary intake of vitamin K has been reported to reduce coronary artery calcification (CAC) and cardiovascular events. However, it is unknown whether supplemental menaquinone (MK)-4 can reduce CAC or arterial stiffness. To study the effect of MK-4 supplementation on CAC and brachial ankl...

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Autores principales: Ikari, Yuji, Torii, Sho, Shioi, Atsushi, Okano, Toshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27175730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-016-0175-8