Heart failure after conventional metal-on-metal hip replacements: A retrospective cohort study

Background and purpose — It is unclear whether metal particles and ions produced by mechanical wear and corrosion of hip prostheses with metal-on-metal (MoM) bearings have systemic adverse effects on health. We compared the risk of heart failure in patients with conventional MoM total hip arthroplas...

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Autores principales: Gillam, Marianne H, Pratt, Nicole L, Inacio, Maria C S, Roughead, Elizabeth E, Shakib, Sepehr, Nicholls, Stephen J, Graves, Stephen E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Hip
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5251259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27759468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2016.1246276

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5251259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27759468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2016.1246276

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