Impact of heart failure on hip fracture
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Michael W. Cullen; Rachel E. Gullerud; Dirk R. Larson; L. Joseph Melton III; Jea
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Hip fracture and heart failure are becoming more prevalent conditions in hospitalized patients. Despite differences in postoperative outcomes from other intermediate risk procedures, guidelines classify hip fracture repair as an intermediate risk operation. ## OBJECTIVE