Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Trabecular bone score (TBS) is associated with an increased risk of prevalent and incident fractures. It has a role of fracture assessment in secondary osteoporosis related to diabetes, acromegaly and hyperparathyroidism and in glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. However, it is understudied as a marker of bone health in heart transplanted patients. The aim of our pilot study was to evaluate the effects of zoledronic acid (ZA) on bone health including TBS in this po...

Introduction: An inverse relation was found between testosterone and vasculopathy of the allograft in heart-transplanted men. We evaluated the correlation between serum testosterone levels and graft function early after heart transplantation.Methods: In a cross-sectional study serum total testosterone levels prior to hospital discharge (19±3 postoperative day) was determined in 49 consecutive male patients who underwent heart transplantation between...