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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Oct 21;70(12):2082–2088. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.148726

Table 2.

Frequency of Cardiac events, thromboembolic events and mortality in Olmsted County residents

7-day 30-day 90-day
THA (n=1,195)
n (%)
TKA(n=1,608)
n (%)
THA (n=1,195)
n (%)
TKA(n=1,608)
n (%)
THA (n=1,195)
n (%)
TKA (n=1,608)
n (%)
All Cardiac events 29 (2.4%) 33 (2.1%) 61 (5.1%) 85 (5.3%) 82 (6.9%) 108 (6.7%)
 Myocardial Infarction 3 (0.3%) 2 (0.1%) 11 (0.9%) 14 (0.9%) 14 (1.2%) 22 (1.4%)
 Arrhythmia 28 (2.3%) 26 (1.6%) 41 (3.4%) 65 (4.0%) 57 (4.8%) 83 (5.2%)
 Congestive Heart Failure 8 (0.7%) 7 (0.4%) 23 (1.9%) 24 (1.5%) 32 (2.7%) 32 (2.0%)
All Thromboembolic events 12 (1.0%) 29 (1.8%) 34 (2.9%) 63 (3.9%) 48 (4.0%) 79 (4.9%)
 Deep Vein Thrombosis 10 (0.8%) 16 (1.0%) 26 (2.2%) 43 (2.7%) 38 (3.2%) 54 (3.4%)
 Pulmonary Embolism 3 (0.3%) 14 (0.9%) 10 (0.8%) 26 (1.6%) 14 (1.2%) 35 (2.2%)
All-cause Mortality 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 4 (0.3%) 4 (0.3%) 8 (0.7%) 7 (0.4%)

THA, Total Hip Arthroplasty; TKA, Total Knee Arthroplasty