Hip pain and heart failure: The missing link

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 639.e1-639.e2

  Gilbert, Cameron J ^a   Cheung, Angela ^a   Butany, Jagdish ^b   Zywiel, Michael G ^c   Syed, Khalid ^d   McDonald, Michael ^e   Wong, Florence ^b   Overgaard, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; DIMERCAPROL; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; COBALT TOXICITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FAILURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POLYCYTHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHOCK; TOXICITY;

EID: 84876800796     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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