Incidence of Fractures after Cardiac and Lung Transplantation: A Single Center Experience

Osteoporotic fractures are well-known complications of organ transplantation. Fracture rates up to 35% have been previously reported following heart and lung transplantations. Our institutional pretransplant protocols include DXA scans, vitamin D screening, and appropriate antiresorptive therapy. We...

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Autores principales: Hariman, Aileen, Alex, Charles, Heroux, Alain, Camacho, Pauline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4016909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24864223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/573041