Preliminary evidence for reduced preoperative cerebral blood flow velocity as a risk factor for cognitive decline three months after cardiac surgery: An extension study

Perfusion (United Kingdom)

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 486-492

  Messerotti Benvenuti, S ^a   Zanatta, P ^b   Valfre C ^c   Polesel, E ^b   Palomba, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TREVISO REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Motta di Livenza Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; cerebral blood flow velocity; cognitive decline; neuropsychology; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84868132135     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: 1477111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267659112453475     Document Type: Article

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