CHANGE THE HIP, IMPROVE THE HEART (Orthopedics This Week)
Does having a total hip or knee replacement benefit a patient’s heart? It may, according to researchers at the University of Toronto who matched 153 patients who had a joint replacement with 153 who did not. The subjects all had similar health profiles in terms of age, weight, smoking status and the severity of their arthritis. For seven years, the researchers followed both groups to record their rate of serious cardiac events, including heart attacks, heart failures and strokes.
The study author, Bheeshma Ravi, M.D., resident physician...
