title: Cognitive performance after coronary artery bypass grafting: a follow-up study.
abstract: The authors studied 52 of an initial cohort of 91 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and survived the perioperative period without stroke or other comorbidities, after a median follow-up of 55 months. Baseline data of the followed patients were comparable to those lost for follow-up. No patient showed a decline in neuropsychological test performance as compared to baseline. Vascular risk factor control was good in all patients, possibly contributing to the favorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Julius Maximilians-University, Würzburg, Germany. wolfgang.muellges@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Müllges
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Babin-Ebell
authors.forename: Wilko
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reents
authors.forename: Klaus V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Toyka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors