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Cognitive Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass: A One-Year Prospective Study

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It is established that the incidence of cognitive decline varies according to the cognitive domain studied and that some patients have persistent and late cognitive changes in specific domains after coronary artery bypass grafting.
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This article is published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.The article was published on 1997-02-01. It has received 183 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cognitive decline & Verbal memory.

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Subcortical ischaemic vascular dementia

TL;DR: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL)and some forms of cerebral amyloid angiopathy have a genetic basis.
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Cognitive Trajectories after Postoperative Delirium

TL;DR: Delirium is associated with a significant decline in cognitive ability during the first year after cardiac surgery, with a trajectory characterized by an initial decline and prolonged impairment.
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Cerebral Oxygen Desaturation Predicts Cognitive Decline and Longer Hospital Stay After Cardiac Surgery

TL;DR: Intraoperative cerebral oxygen desaturation is significantly associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and prolonged hospital stay after CABG.
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The assessment of postoperative cognitive function.

TL;DR: A number of recommendations for the design and execution of studies within postoperative cognitive function are presented, and the critical reader may use these recommendations in the evaluation of the literature.
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Neurologic and neuropsychological morbidity following major surgery: comparison of coronary artery bypass and peripheral vascular surgery.

TL;DR: The difference in frequency and severity of central nervous system complications between the 2 groups is likely to reflect cerebral injury resulting from cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Brain microemboli during cardiac surgery or aortography.

TL;DR: These microvascular events, occurring only in conjunction with major arterial interventions, may be the anatomical correlate of the neurological deficits or moderate to severe intellectual dysfunction seen in at least 24% of patients after cardiac surgical procedures assisted by cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Neuropsychological dysfunction following elective cardiac operation: I. Early assessment

TL;DR: It is suggested that those patients with more precarious heart function, a more protracted operation, and/or increased metabolic disturbances are especially prone to neuropsychological dysfunction following cardiac operations.
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