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In the article titled “Falls and Fractures in the Elderly with Sinus Node Disease: The Impact of Pacemaker Implantation” [1], there was an error regarding the FRAX® tool, which should be clarified as follows:

The article notes: “FRAX is a fracture risk calculator which was developed by the WHO and calibrated for single countries (more than 50 country versions available to date) based on local fracture epidemiological data.” However, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not develop, test, or endorse the FRAX tool or its recommendations [2]. The metabolic bone disease unit at the University of Sheffield that developed FRAX was a WHO Collaborating Centre from 1991 to 2010, but treatment guidelines must undergo a formal process before they can be endorsed by the WHO.

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[1] N. Krasniqi, D. Segalada, T. F. Lüscher, K. Lippuner, L. Haegeli, J. Steffel, T. Wolber, C. Brunckhorst, J. Holzmeister, D. Hürlimann, F. Duru, "Falls and fractures in the elderly with sinus node disease: the impact of pacemaker implantation," Cardiology Research and Practice, vol. 2012,DOI: 10.1155/2012/498102, 2012.

[2] N. Ford, S. L. Norrisb, S. R. Hill, "Clarifying WHO’s position on the FRAX® tool for fracture prediction," Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 94, article 862,DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.188532, 2016.

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Title
Corrigendum to “Falls and Fractures in the Elderly with Sinus Node Disease: The Impact of Pacemaker Implantation”
Author
Krasniqi, Nazmi 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Segalada, Diana 1 ; Lüscher, Thomas F 2 ; Lippuner, Kurt 3 ; Haegeli, Laurent 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Steffel, Jan 1 ; Wolber, Thomas 1 ; Brunckhorst, Corinna 1 ; Holzmeister, Johannes 1 ; Hürlimann, David 1 ; Duru, Firat 2 

1  Clinic for Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, B 8091 Zurich, Switzerland 
2  Clinic for Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, B 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland 
3  Osteoporosis Unit, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland 
Publication year
2017
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN
20908016
e-ISSN
20900597
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3297515
ProQuest document ID
2410382927
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 Nazmi Krasniqi et al. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.