Assessment of cardiovascular risk in patients undergoing total joint alloplasty: the CRASH-JOINT study

Paweł Łęgosz, Marcin Kotkowski, Anna E. Płatek, Paweł Małdyk, Bartosz Krzowski, Anna Ryś, Karolina Semczuk-Kaczmarek, Filip M. Szymański, Krzysztof J. Filipiak‬

Kardiologia Polska · 2016 · 10 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The study showed that classical cardiovascular risk factors in patients undergoing total hip or knee alloplasty have a higher prevalent than in the general population, which can potentially contribute to the higher risk of development of perioperative complications.