Attenuation of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow During Memory Processing After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
| Autor: | Marcos F. Vidal Melo, David S. Wack, Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, Steven B. Weise |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Prefrontal Cortex Article Temporal lobe Coronary artery bypass surgery Memory Image Processing Computer-Assisted Humans Medicine Memory impairment Postoperative Period Coronary Artery Bypass Prefrontal cortex Aged Behavior Memory Disorders medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Brain Middle Aged Temporal Lobe Cardiac surgery Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Cerebral blood flow Positron emission tomography Cerebrovascular Circulation Positron-Emission Tomography Anesthesia Female business Psychomotor Performance Artery |
| Zdroj: | Anesthesia & Analgesia. 119:550-553 |
| ISSN: | 0003-2999 |
| DOI: | 10.1213/ane.0000000000000334 |
| Popis: | Reports of memory impairment after cardiac surgery are controversial. To address this controversy, we used positron emission tomography to examine changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during memory processing before and after elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. In postoperative scans, we observed significantly reduced rCBF in 2 of the most important memory processing areas: the medial temporal lobe (P = 0.023) and the prefrontal cortex (P = 0.002). The results suggest postoperative attenuation of rCBF in brain areas involved in memory processing. These reductions could be used to evaluate severity of memory impairment after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in patients at risk. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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