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
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