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| Title |
Pomegranate Supplementation Protects against Memory Dysfunction after Heart Surgery: A Pilot Study
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| Published in |
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1155/2013/932401 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Susan A. Ropacki, Sapna M. Patel, Richard E. Hartman |
| Abstract |
Memory dysfunction is a common complaint following heart surgery and may be related to a diffuse ischemic state induced by microemboli dislodged during the procedure. Ischemia can induce damage by a number of mechanisms, including oxidative stress. Because pomegranates contain a variety of polyphenols with antioxidant and other potentially beneficial effects, we tested whether supplementation with a pomegranate extract before and after heart surgery could protect against postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft and/or valve surgery were given either 2 g of pomegranate extract (in 2 POMx pills) or placebo (pills containing no pomegranate ingredients) per day from one week before surgery to 6 weeks after surgery. The patients were also administered a battery of neuropsychological tests to assess memory function at 1 week before surgery (baseline), 2 weeks after surgery, and 6 weeks after surgery. The placebo group had significant deficits in postsurgery memory retention, and the pomegranate treatment not only protected against this effect, but also actually improved memory retention performance for up to 6 weeks after surgery as compared to presurgery baseline performance. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 50 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 13% |
| Researcher | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 32% |
| Psychology | 11 | 21% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 September 2021.
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#929,109
of 25,394,764 outputs
Outputs from Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
#281
of 9,352 outputs
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#7,669
of 199,165 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
#11
of 212 outputs
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