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. 2022 Jan 16;17(1):6.
doi: 10.1186/s13019-022-01755-4.

Is postoperative cognitive decline after cardiac surgery associated with plasma beta amyloid 1-42 levels?

Zrinka Požgain  1   2 , Grgur Dulić  3   4 , Goran Kondža  5   4 , Siniša Bogović  3 , Ivan Šerić  5 , Dejan Hil  5 , Bojan Trogrlić  5   4 , Ana Bednjanić  5   4 , Marina Perković-Kovačević  6   4 , Ines Šahinović  7
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Is postoperative cognitive decline after cardiac surgery associated with plasma beta amyloid 1-42 levels?

Zrinka Požgain et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. .

Abstract

Background: Postoperative cognitive decline following cardiac surgery is one of the frequently reported complications affecting postoperative outcome, characterized by impairment of memory or concentration. The aetiology is considered multifactorial and the research conducted so far has presented contradictory results. The proposed mechanisms to explain the cognitive decline associated with cardiac surgery include the neurotoxic accumulation of β-amyloid (Aβ) proteins similar to Alzheimer's disease. The comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting procedures concerning postoperative cognitive decline and plasmatic Aβ1-42 concentrations has not yet been conducted.

Methods: The research was designed as a controlled clinical study of patients with coronary artery disease undergoing surgical myocardial revascularization with or without the use of a cardiopulmonary bypass machine. All patients completed a battery of neuropsychological tests and plasmatic Aβ1-42 concentrations were collected.

Results: The neuropsychological test results postoperatively were significantly worse in the cardiopulmonary bypass group and the patients had larger shifts in the Aβ1-42 preoperative and postoperative values than the group in which off-pump coronary artery bypass was performed.

Conclusions: The conducted research confirmed the earlier suspected association of plasmatic Aβ1-42 concentration to postoperative cognitive decline and the results further showed that there were less changes and lower concentrations in the off-pump coronary artery bypass group, which correlated to less neurocognitive decline. There is a lot of clinical contribution acquired by this research, not only in everyday decision making and using amyloid proteins as biomarkers, but also in the development and application of non-pharmacological and pharmacological neuroprotective strategies.

Keywords: Amyloid fibrils; Cognitive dysfunction; Coronary artery bypass surgery.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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