Metabolic syndrome exacerbates short-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: results of a pilot study

JA Hudetz, KM Patterson, Z Iqbal, SD Gandhi… - … of Cardiothoracic and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The authors tested the hypothesis that patients with metabolic syndrome are
more likely to develop short-term cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery with
cardiopulmonary bypass. DESIGN: A prospective study. SETTING: Veterans Affairs medical
center. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-six age-and education-balanced patients undergoing elective
cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (28 patients with and without metabolic
syndrome in two separate groups) and 28 nonsurgical controls were enrolled …