Early bioprosthetic valve calcification with alfacalcidol supplementation

We report a case of early bioprosthetic valve calcification in a 76 year-old woman who had received supplementation with alfacalcidol, an analogue of vitamin D, for 3 years after her initial valve replacement. She underwent aortic valve replacement at the age of 71 and subsequently complained of sho...

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Main Authors: Takano, Tamaki, Terasaki, Takamitsu, Wada, Yuko, Ohashi, Noburou, Komatsu, Kazunori, Fukui, Daisuke, Amano, Jun
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554442/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23324404
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-11
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