I’m not a doctor but I thought I knew something about anticoagulation. Over the course of a career covering cardiology I’ve written countless stories about heparin, warfarin, the low molecular weight heparins, and the new oral anticoagulants. So when I had bilateral total knee replacement a few weeks ago I thought I knew what to…
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Elevated Risk of Acute MI Following Total Hip And Knee Replacement Surgery
July 23, 2012 by 1 Comment
A large study reports a high increased risk for acute MI (AMI) in the first 6 weeks after total-hip replacement (THR) or total-knee replacement (TKR) surgery. Analyzing a nationwide cohort from Denmark that included 95,227 patients who underwent THR or TKR and matched controls, Arief Lalmohamed and colleagues calculated the adjusted hazard ratios (HR) for AMI. Their…
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