150
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
October 1, 2018
Study Completion Date
October 1, 2020
Vitamin D3
Those randomized to the treatment arm will receive three 50,000 unit oral doses of vitamin D3 supplementation. The first dose will be given the evening before surgery. The second and third doses will be given either orally or per NG tube on days 1 and 2 after surgery.
Placebo
Those randomized to the control arm will receive three placebo doses. The first dose will be given the evening before surgery. The second and third doses will be given either orally or per NG tube on days 1 and 2 after surgery.
Intermountain Heart Institute, Murray
Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
OTHER