Pre-Operative Cognitive Functioning and Inflammatory and Neuroendocrine Responses to Cardiac Surgery

Overview

Journal Ann Behav Med

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2016 Feb 12

PMID 26865259

Citations 4

Authors

Lydia Poole

Amy Ronaldson

Tara Kidd

Elizabeth Leigh

Marjan Jahangiri

Andrew Steptoe

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Abstract

Background: Cognitive functioning is linked to cardiac mortality and morbidity, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are unclear.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between pre-operative cognitive functioning and post-operative inflammatory and neuroendocrine responses in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Methods: One-hundred ninety-three outpatients were screened to assess their cognitive function using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) on average 30 days prior to CABG surgery and provided blood samples for the measurement of interleukin (IL)-6 and C-reactive protein (CRP) and saliva samples for the measurement of diurnal cortisol. Participants were followed-up 4-8 days following surgery for the repeat measurement of IL-6 and CRP and 60 days after surgery for the measurement of diurnal salivary cortisol.

Results: Patients with low cognitive function (MoCA < 26) prior to surgery reached higher IL-6 concentrations in the days after surgery (β = -0.212, p = 0.021) and had greater cortisol output across the day 2 months after surgery (β = -0.179, p = 0.044).

Conclusions: Low cognitive functioning is associated with a more negative pattern of biological response to surgery, indicative of poorer physical recovery. These pathways may contribute to the links between cognitive function and cardiovascular pathology.

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