[Osteoporosis as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.]
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Fundus Photography as a Convenient Tool to Study Microvascular Responses to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Epidemiological Studies
Published on: October 22, 2014
Shinsuke Yamada1, Masaaki Inaba1
1Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Abstract:
Osteoporosis(OP)is associated with high risk for cardiovascular disease(CVD). Concomitant occurrence of both OP and CVD seems to result from common pathological mechanisms between bone system and vascular system. It is expected that therapeutic agent for OP may be effective not only in normalization of bone metabolism but also in reducing vascular calcification. I give an outline with the relationship between bone metabolism and vascular calcification including epidemiology, outbreak mechanism, and effect on vascular calcification of OP treatment.
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