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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Main Authors: Marianne H Gillam, Nicole L Pratt, Maria C S Inacio, Elizabeth E Roughead, Sepehr Shakib, Stephen J Nicholls, Stephen E Graves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2016.1246276