Patients often suffer from depression, cognitive issues following cardiac surgery
A large percentage of patients suffer from depression or have issues with their cognitive function following cardiac surgery, the Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper noted that the Society of Thoracic Surgeons recently launched a website for patients recovering from surgery.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.