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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Cardiology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5434571 |
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