Cognitive function in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
Heart Asia
; 2(1): 75-9, 2010.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-27325949
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To measure cognition in patients before and after coronary angiography.DESIGN:
Prospective observational cohort study.SETTING:
University teaching hospital. PATIENTS 56 patients presenting for elective coronary angiography. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Computerised cognitive test battery administered before coronary angiography, before discharge from hospital and 7â days after discharge. A matched healthy control group was used as a comparator.RESULTS:
When analysed by group, coronary angiography patients performed worse than matched controls at each time point. When the cognitive change was examined for each individual, of the 48 patients tested at discharge, 19 (39.6%) were classified as having a new cognitive dysfunction, and of 49 patients tested at day 7, six (12.2%) were classified as having a new cognitive dysfunction.CONCLUSIONS:
The results confirm that cognitive function is decreased in patients who have cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, coronary angiography may exacerbate this impaired cognition in some patients.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Heart Asia
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
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