Summary
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Cognitive impairment impacts 30-63% of the people who receive a heart transplant. Cognitive impairment limits their ability to self-manage the necessary and complex medical regimens required to maintain viability of the transplanted heart and is associated with worse post-transplant survival. Sleep health may represent a modifiable factor that contributes to cognitive impairment after heart transplantation; however, the relationship between sleep health and cognitive functioning after heart transplantation has not been examined. The paucity of comprehensive sleep healt