Cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery: Pathophysiological mechanisms and preventive strategies
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[Cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery].
In spite of the progress in medicine post operative cognitive deficiency (POCD) remains an important clinical problem. Since the introduction of cardiac surgery there have been frequent reports of its adverse neurological outcomes. Recent technological advances have contributed to a lesser occurrence of clinically evident complications such as coma, stroke, epilepsy or blindness. This brought t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Netherlands Heart Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1568-5888,1876-6250
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-012-0347-x