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Nutrition as a Vehicle for Cardiovascular Translational Research

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It is becoming increasingly evident that poor nutrition plays an important role in inducing cardiovascular disease. Just as importantly, data now support the contention that appropriate nutritional interventions may have just as important an effect in preventing or delaying the appearance of cardiovascular disease. If this is indeed true, then it is critical that these advances in our knowledge of the effects of nutritional interventions be translated into effective strategies to combat cardiovascular disease. It is argued in this paper, with a few specific examples, that the translation of nutritional interventions can provide powerful approaches to alleviating the clinical challenges currently facing us today in the cardiovascular field. Furthermore, the value-added economic advantages of translating nutritional strategies on a wide scale into the public become another intriguing argument to further support investigations in this growing field.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and infrastructural support from St Boniface Hospital and Research Foundation. D Rodriguez-Leyva was a Visiting Scientist of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. RS McCullough held a Studentship Award from the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences.

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  1. Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Richelle S. McCullough & Grant N. Pierce

  2. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Richelle S. McCullough & Grant N. Pierce

  3. Cardiovascular Research Division, V.I. Lenin University Hospital, Holguin, Cuba

    Delfin Rodriguez-Leyva

  4. St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, 351 Tache Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R2H 2A6

    Grant N. Pierce

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Rodriguez-Leyva, D., McCullough, R.S. & Pierce, G.N. Nutrition as a Vehicle for Cardiovascular Translational Research. J. of Cardiovasc. Trans. Res. 2, 328–334 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12265-009-9116-7

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