Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3237781 | General Hospital Psychiatry | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Preexisting cognitive dysfunctions as assessed by TMT-B can be a marker of preoperative brain dysfunction, which, in turn, in addition to brain damage caused by cardiac surgery procedures, may further predispose patients to poor behavioral functional capacity and outcome 1 year after surgery. Impaired cognitive functions before surgery should be considered when evaluating the effects of cardiac surgery procedures on long-term behavioral functional status of patients.
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Authors
Simone Ph.D., Elisabetta M.S., Paolo M.D., Elvio M.D., Carlotta M.S., Daniela M.D.,