Cobalt Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Hip Arthroplasty: An Increasingly Prevalent Problem

A forty-year-old man experienced worsening heart failure four years following bilateral complicated total hip replacement. His condition was extensively worked up but no underlying pathology was immediately evident. Given the cobalt-chromium alloy component present in the hip arthroplasties, the rai...

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Main Authors: Russel Tilney, Melanie Roberta Burg, Mark Adrian Sammut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5434571
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