Cargando…

The risk of major cardiovascular events for adults with transfemoral amputation

BACKGROUND: It is well-known that the risk of cardiac disease is increased for those with lower-limb amputations, likely as a result of the etiology of the amputation. Using a longitudinal population-based dataset, we examined the association between transfemoral amputation (TFA) status and the risk...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mundell, Benjamin F., Luetmer, Marianne T., Kremers, Hilal Maradit, Visscher, Sue, Hoppe, Kurtis M., Kaufman, Kenton R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6156832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30255813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-018-0400-0