Are genetic components related to cognitive decline after coronary artery surgery? Genetics and brain function after bypass heart surgery

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-281

  Tagarakis, Georgios I ^a,d   Tsolaki Tagaraki, Fani ^a   Tsolaki, Magdalini ^b   Diegeler, Anno ^a   Stylianakis, Georgios E ^a   Kazis, Dimitrios ^b   Tsilimingas, Nikolaos B ^a   Papassotiropoulos, Andreas ^c  

^a Herz und Gefaess Klinik   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEMENTIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, STEROID; STEROID HYDROXYLASES;

EID: 42549160311     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00577.x     Document Type: Letter

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