Why the study?
Do heart transplant candidates have worse neuropsychological functioning compared to matched controls?
Population
44 patients with end-stage heart disease undergoing routine evaluation for transplantation and 44 controls…
Comparison
End-stage heart disease vs Matched controls
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Cognitive screening may be warranted in heart transplant candidates; this Level 4 evidence leaves open prognostic significance and causal mechanisms.
Do heart transplant candidates have worse neuropsychological functioning compared to matched controls?
Heart transplant candidates exhibit significant deficits in fine motor speed, psychomotor speed, mental flexibility, and abstract reasoning compared to matched controls.
Putzke et al. (2000) studied this question.
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