ArticleJournal of osteoporosis2014
Incidence of fractures after cardiac and lung transplantation: a single center experience.
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- Bone Health in Young Lung Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Study.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2026Article
- Increased risk of mortality in lung transplant patients with fragility fractures.Archives of osteoporosis · 2025Article
- Bone Loss after Solid Organ Transplantation: A Review of Organ-Specific Considerations.Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Review
- Bone Disease in Long-Term Lung Transplant Survivors.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Frailty and genetic risk predict fracture after lung transplantation.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2023Article
- High risk of osteoporosis and fracture following solid organ transplantation: a population-based study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Timing of Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures in Lung and Heart Transplantation: A Longitudinal Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Endocrine disorders after heart transplantation: national cohort study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Article
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the Optimal Timing of Lung Transplantation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Review
- Bone involvement in young adults with cystic fibrosis awaiting lung transplantation for end-stage respiratory failure.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019Article
- Lung transplantation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: patient selection and special considerations.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2015Review
- Current Status of Research on Osteoporosis after Solid Organ Transplantation: Pathogenesis and Management.BioMed research international · 2015Review
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Abstract
Osteoporotic fractures are well-known complications of organ transplantation. Fracture rates up to 35% have been previously reported following heart and lung transplantations. Our institutional pretransplant protocols include DXA scans, vitamin D screening, and appropriate antiresorptive therapy. We aimed to assess the incidence of fragility fractures following cardiac or lung transplantation. In a retrospective study 210 electronic medical records of patients who underwent LT (110 men, 100 women) and 105 HT (88 men, 17 women) between 2005 and 2010 were analyzed. Both clinical and radiographic fractures were recorded. DXA scans were obtained immediately after transplant. 17 out of 210 LT patients (8.0%) had fractures after transplantation and 9 out of 105 HT patients (8.6%) had fractures. The median time to the first fracture was 12 months and the mean time was 18 months for both LT and HT. In the HT recipients, the median femoral neck T score was statistically lower in the fracture group versus the nonfracture group. Similar results were seen in the LT patients. Conclusion. Our findings demonstrate a much lower incidence of fractures in heart and lung transplant recipients in comparison with earlier reports. Comprehensive bone care and early initiation of antiresorptive therapy are possible contributors to these improved outcomes.
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