Heart Bypasses and Stents May Cause Mental Decline

Doctors and patients have noticed for decades that after both heart bypass surgery and angioplasty procedures to implant stents, some patients exhibit a decline in mental skills. Now a new German study shows that, indeed, patients who have either invasive bypass surgery or less-invasive stenting procedures for blocked arteries suffer a decline in memory and thinking skills a few months later.

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