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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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It has been 7 years since Newman and colleagues' [1] article entitled, "Longitudinal Assessment of Neurocognitive Function After Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery" sent shock waves reverberating from the pages of The New England Journal of Medicine [1] to the front pages of newspapers across the nation. The timing was ripe. Cardiac surgeons had begun a serious re-evaluation of neurologic outcomes and how they could be improved. Both the medical profession and the public were intrigued with the emergence of off-pump bypass surgery. Interventional cardiologists were enthusiastic about . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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