title: Ask the doctor.  I am a 72-year-old with diabetes, and I need to have a hip replaced.  Does my diabetes make this surgery too dangerous for my heart?
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control