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Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited Commentary

Departments of Anesthesia and Surgery, University of Manitoba, I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute, CR3008-369 Tache Ave, Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6, Canada

(Email: hgrocott@sbgh.mb.ca).

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Adverse cognitive outcomes after cardiac surgery have been repeatedly described during the past several decades. Although much has been learned about the incidence, time course, pattern, and significance of this clinical entity, gaps remain in our understanding of its cause and pathophysiology. Studying the relationship between functional outcomes and their structural brain correlates using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important step in aiding understanding of cognitive outcomes after cardiac surgery. In doing so, Knipp and colleagues [1] have identified several important . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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