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I have memory problems that I can't decide is age or the below.
Found the following information:
"Researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland told an international conference that patients with high blood pressure, diabetes or who have had a previous stroke may be more likely to experience the ill effects of the surgery.
"There appears to be a sub- population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery, with risk factors for stroke, cognitive decline and long- term cognitive changes," Dr. Guy McKhann told attendees of a meeting on Alzheimer's disease.
McKhann and his team studied the medical histories of 3,300 patients who had coronary bypass surgery between 1997 and 2001. Nearly 3% of the patients suffered a stroke and 6.8% were confused or had short-term memory problems after the surgery.
For each hour that a patient was on a bypass pump--the heart- lung machine that keeps the blood and oxygen flowing through the body during the operation while the heart and lungs are stopped--there was a 50% increased risk of acute confusion, the doctors said.
Most of the memory and attention problems the patients experienced improved within a year after the surgery. But patients with the most severe heart and circulatory problems before the surgery suffered long-term mental problems."
Found the following information:
"Researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland told an international conference that patients with high blood pressure, diabetes or who have had a previous stroke may be more likely to experience the ill effects of the surgery.
"There appears to be a sub- population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery, with risk factors for stroke, cognitive decline and long- term cognitive changes," Dr. Guy McKhann told attendees of a meeting on Alzheimer's disease.
McKhann and his team studied the medical histories of 3,300 patients who had coronary bypass surgery between 1997 and 2001. Nearly 3% of the patients suffered a stroke and 6.8% were confused or had short-term memory problems after the surgery.
For each hour that a patient was on a bypass pump--the heart- lung machine that keeps the blood and oxygen flowing through the body during the operation while the heart and lungs are stopped--there was a 50% increased risk of acute confusion, the doctors said.
Most of the memory and attention problems the patients experienced improved within a year after the surgery. But patients with the most severe heart and circulatory problems before the surgery suffered long-term mental problems."
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