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A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20180050
In recent years, the association between osteoporosis and atherosclerotic disease has been described, regardless of patients’ age, and highlighted epidemiologic and pathophysiologic similarities between arterial wall calcification and osteogenesis., Cross-sectional, prospective studies have pointed out significant negative association between cardiovascular mortality and low bone mass, osteoporotic fractures, vascular calcification, extension of coronary artery disease and abdominal aortic injury.– Concomitant occurrence of both diseases seems to result from common pathophysiologic and molecular mechanisms between these conditions. However, it is still controversial […]
Keywords: Atherosclerosis / physiopathology; Bone Diseases, Metabolic; Osteoporosis / physiopathology; Postmenopause; Women