Single Crossclamp Improves 6-Month Cognitive Outcome in High-Risk Coronary Bypass Patients: The Effect of Reduced Aortic Manipulation
We hypothesized that a strategy that reduced aortic manipulation would reduce the incidence of cognitive deficits in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting compared with the "traditional" approach and that neurobehavioral outcomes with the reduced aortic manipulation strategy would approach those obtained with off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.