Cardiovascular Complication, Death, Pulmonary Embolism, Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack
Conditions
Keywords
total joint arthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, major adverse cardiovascular events, pulmonary embolism
Brief summary
This study ought to identify the occurence of the major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and the pumonary emoblism (PE) in patients undergoing elective primary THA & TKA
Detailed description
The study included 220 consecutive patients undergoing elective primary THA & TKA from January 2018 to December 2018. The occcurence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and the pumonary emoblism (PE) were recorder. Under the term MACE the following were included; non fatal cardiac arrest acute myocardial infraction congestive cardiac failure cardiac arrhythmia agnina stroke cardiovascular death cerebrovascular death
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* All consecutive patients age 18 years or older, with a diagnosis of primary osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, who underwent elective, primary, unilateral TKA or THA.
Exclusion criteria
* previous TKA or THA within 3 months * Revision surgery * Surgical procedures related to a previous complication * ASA PS IV * recent history (6 months) of unstable acute coronary syndrome or decompensated heart failure
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events | 1month postoperatively | MACE (non-fatal-cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infraction, congestive cardiac failure, cardiac arrhythmia, angina, stroke, cardiovascular death, cerebrovascular, death) |
| Pulmonary Embolism | 1month postoperatively | PE |
Countries
Greece