Why the study?
Can a preoperative psychological and neuropsychological test battery predict survival in patients undergoing open-heart surgery?
Can a preoperative psychological and neuropsychological test battery predict survival in patients undergoing open-heart surgery?
Preoperative psychological and neuropsychological testing may accurately predict survival outcomes in patients undergoing open-heart surgery.
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May inform preoperative risk stratification in cardiac surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Kilpatrick et al. (1975) studied this question.
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