Heart failure is associated with accelerated age related metabolic bone disease.

Pieter MartensJozine M Ter MaatenDimitri VanhaenEllen HeerenThalissa CaersBecky BovensJeroen DauwMatthias DupontWilfried Mullens

Published in: Acta cardiologica (2020)

Heart failure independently associates with MBD and higher prevalence of osteoporosis. Heart failure aggravates the aged related loss in mineral bone density while treatment with neuro-hormonal blockers seemed to ameliorate this finding.

Keyphrases

heart failure
bone mineral density
left ventricular
postmenopausal women
cardiac resynchronization therapy
acute heart failure
atrial fibrillation
risk factors
body composition
bone regeneration
polycystic ovary syndrome
angiotensin converting enzyme
insulin resistance
angiotensin ii
replacement therapy