Bone hormone levels linked to risk of death for patients with heart failure

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:28 in Health & Medicine

Patients suffering with heart failure are more likely to die if they have high levels of a bone hormone called osteoprotegerin (OPG). That is the finding of a research team from the Akershus University Hospital and the University of Oslo in Norway, in collaboration with colleagues in Italy and Denmark.

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