Early bioprosthetic valve calcification with alfacalcidol supplementation

We report a case of early bioprosthetic valve calcification in a 76 year-old woman who had received supplementation with alfacalcidol, an analogue of vitamin D, for 3 years after her initial valve replacement. She underwent aortic valve replacement at the age of 71 and subsequently complained of sho...

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Autores principales: Takano, Tamaki, Terasaki, Takamitsu, Wada, Yuko, Ohashi, Noburou, Komatsu, Kazunori, Fukui, Daisuke, Amano, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23324404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-11

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23324404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-11

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