Late cognitive decline after CABG: Inevitable or preventable?

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 660-661

  Selnes, Ola A ^a,b   McKhann, Guy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0037056359     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.5.660     Document Type: Editorial

References (4)

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