Clinical outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing total hip arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is regarded as a risk factor for perioperative complications in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.

Questions/purposes

The objective of this retrospective case-control study was to evaluate the adverse outcomes of pulmonary hypertension patients undergoing elective unilateral hip replacements.

Methods

We performed a retrospective case-control study of total hip replacement patients with pulmonary hypertension (cases) and without pulmonary hypertension (control). From the years 2003 to 2008, we identified a total of 132 patients undergoing primary total hip replacements with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (right ventricular systolic pressure >35). The primary outcome assessed was the incidence of adverse events that occ

SUBMITTER: Kim D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4071461 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature