Endocrine Abstracts

Heart failure (HF) has been associated with bone loss and an increased risk of fragility fractures. Indeed, most of literature data on fractures were based on an historical and clinical approach focused on the identification of peripheral fractures, whereas the risk of vertebral fractures in this clinical setting is still unclear. In this study, we aimed at evaluating the prevalence of radiological vertebral fractures in 791 consecutive elderly and hospitalized patients (372 f...

Hyperprolactinemia may cause bone loss in pre-menopausal women and men. Data on fractures are scanty and it is still unclear which is the skeletal impact of hyperprolactinemia in post-menopausal women. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of vertebral fractures in post-menopausal women with hyperprolactinemia.Forty post-menopausal women (median age 57 years, range: 47–81) with prolactin (PRL)-secreting adenoma and 119 control post-me...