Heart failure quadruples risk of bone fracture

"Patients newly diagnosed with heart failure have a four-fold higher risk of orthopedic fractures than patients with other cardiovascular conditions, according to the findings of a population-based cohort study conducted in Canada. The risk of hip fractures is increased even more, the investigators report today in an early online release by the journal Circulation, scheduled for print publication on November 4. Senior author Dr. Justin A. Ezekowitz and associates at the University of Alberta in Edmonton note that heart failure patients are subject to many risk factors for osteoporosis and fracture, including elevated aldosterone and parathyroid hormone levels, low vitamin D levels, low bone density, and physical inactivity" - Medicexchange