Plasma Amyloid β42 and Amyloid β40 Levels Are Associated With Early Cognitive Dysfunction After Cardiac Surgery Lisbeth A. Evered, BS, MBiostat, Brendan S. Silbert, FANZCA, David A. Scott, PhD, Paul Maruff, PhD, Katrina M. Laughton, BS, Irene Volitakis, BS, Tiffany Cowie, BS, MBA, Robert A. Cherny, PhD, Colin L. Masters, MD, Qiao-Xin Li, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 5, Pages 1426-1432 (November 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.003 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Plasma amyloid β42 (Aβ42) and amyloid β40 (Aβ40) levels (in pmol/L) before surgery and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). The lines indicate the median levels of Aβ42 and Aβ40. Twenty-eight of the 40 patients (70%) who had postoperative cognitive dysfunction at 3 months were below the median values for either Aβ42 or Aβ40 and 26 (65%) of patients were below the median values for both Aβ42 and Aβ40. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 1426-1432DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.003) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions