Longitudinal Changes in Regional Cerebral Perfusion and Cognition Following Cardiac Surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac surgery is associated with significant short-term increases in MCA perfusion with associated improvements in psychomotor speed.
PMID: 30253158 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 22, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Smith PJ, Browndyke JN, Monge ZA, Harshbarger TB, James ML, Gaca JG, Alexander JH, Berger MM, Newman MF, Milano CA, Mathew JP, Neurologic Outcomes Research Group (NORG) Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research