Psychiatric and Psychosocial Outcome of Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Prospective 12-Month Follow-up Study
Little is known concerning the natural history of psychiatric morbidity, postoperative delirium, cognitive decline and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in cardiac surgery patients and the impact of neurocognitive dysfunction on HRQOL after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).