The detection of preoperative cognitive dysfunction may have an impact on the outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting

Objectives: Cognitive decline after cardiac surgery affects the outcome. Until now, investigations focussed mainly on the perioperative decline but did not discuss preoperative functioning. We here first report results of a pre- and post-CABG investigation by the well evaluated and widely used computerized „test-battery for attentional performance“ (TAP).