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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2017
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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 |