Volume 7, issue 3
Varia
Risks to cognitive functioning, neurological and mental condition following hypothermic and normothermic revascularizing heart surgery
RENATA GÓRNA1, ELŻBIETA TRYPKA2, JOANNA RYMASZEWSKA3, WOJCIECH KUSTRZYCKI2, Andrzej Kiejna1
1. Katedry i Kliniki Psychiatrii AM we Wrocławiu
2. Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Serca AM we Wrocławiu
3. SZPOZ we Wrocławiu
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1998, 7, 351-361
Keywords: revascularizing heart surgery, CNS impairment, hypothermia, normothermia
Abstract
One of the methods of treatment of ischaemic heart disease is revascularizing heart surgery. Several forms of protection of the internal organs are applied during surgery. However, these interventions may have several adverse clinical consequences for the patient's cognitive functioning and neurological and mental condition. The authors review the literature, pointing out the possible risks of complications, the various risk factors and the mechanisms of the complications.
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