Fixing hearts and protecting minds: A review of the multiple, interacting factors influencing cognitive function after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-171

  Hogan, Alexandra M ^a,b   Shipolini, Alex ^b   Brown, Martin M ^c   Hurley, Ruth ^d   Cormack, Francesca ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HEART; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; NEUROLOGY; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84880121467     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000701     Document Type: Review

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