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HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION
Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages 759-760Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.03.013
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Cobalt; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiomyopathies; Metallosis; Hip metallosis; Cobaltism
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Cobaltism related to athroplasty implants has been anecdotally documented in at least six cases presenting with a combination of neurological, endocrine and cardiac symptoms with improvement in most symptoms after revision. Causality however has not been well established. This report documents the case of a 75 year-old male farmer who presents with possible cobalt cardiomyopathy from severe cobalt poisoning in the setting of arthroprosthetic cobaltism with symptomatic improvement upon revision of the hip. (Heart, Lung and Circulation 2012;21:759-760) (C) 2012 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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