Neurocognitive, Quality of Life, and Behavioral Outcomes for Patients With Covert Stroke After Cardiac Surgery: Exploratory Analysis of Data From a Prospectively Randomized Trial

CONCLUSIONS: More than one-half of patients undergoing cardiac surgery demonstrated covert stroke. In this exploratory analysis, covert stroke was not found to be significantly associated with neurocognitive dysfunction 1 month after surgery; evidence of impaired quality of life, anxiety, or depression, albeit a type II error, cannot be excluded.PMID:34319914 | DOI:10.1213/ANE.0000000000005690

Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - July 28, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Choy Lewis Annabelle Levine Lauren C Balmert Liqi Chen Saadia S Sherwani Alexander J Nemeth Jordan Grafman Rebecca Gottesman Charles H Brown Charles W Hogue Source Type: research