Sunday, October 14, 2018

Does Heart Valve Surgery Affect Older Adults’ Cognition?

In a new review, researchers looked over previous studies conducted on open heart surgery patients to determine whether these individuals tend to experience a difference in cognition after the procedure. Specifically, they looked into two types of heart valve surgeries, mitral and aortic, to see if each was associated with better or worse cognitive outcomes.

Their findings are published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Most people who need aortic valve surgery are over the...


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