Preoperative cerebral hypoperfusion in the left, not in the right, hemisphere is associated with cognitive decline after cardiac surgery

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-80

  Benvenuti, Simone Messerotti ^a   Zanatta, Paolo ^b   Longo, Carolina ^c   Mazzarolo, Anna Paola ^c   Palomba, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TREVISO REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Regional Project for the Reduction of Neurodysfunction after Cardiac Surgery and Neurosurgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery patients; cerebral blood flow velocity; cognition; hypoperfusion; neuropsychology; TCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 84855709704     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182383a94     Document Type: Article

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