Research progress of the relationship among atherosclerosis,coronary heart disease,their risk factors and bone sclerostin / 心血管康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Recently,many studies have suggested that bone sclerostin exists in atherosclerotic plaques,calcified ves-sels and valve tissue.The level of circulating bone sclerostin is closely associated with diabetes mellitus,coronary heart disease and their risk factors.The present article made a review on the relationship among atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease,their risk factors and bone sclerostin on the basis of the characteristics and influencing fac-tors of bone sclerostin.