Cerebral Damage Before and After Cardiac Surgery

The first section on cerebral damage in cardiac surgery looks at the causes of pre- and post-operative cerebral damage. The next section describes how imaging techniques can be used to measure damage and the third part discusses the techniques used to assess impaired mental abilities.

Preface; T. Åberg. Causes of Pre- and Post-operative Cerebral Damage. The Causes of Preoperative Psychopathology in Cardiac Surgery Patients; R. Meyendorff. Cardiac Surgery and Acute Neurological Injury; J.C. Opie. Prevalence and Causes of Cerebral Complications in Cardiac Surgery; K.A. Sotaniemi. Perfusion Related Parameters Affecting Cerebral Outcome after Cardiac Surgery; M. Kurusz. The Role of the Surgical Team in Minimizing Postoperative Cerebral Dysfunction; J.D. Katz. The Causes of Postoperative Cerebral Damage; P.L.C. Smith, S.P. Newman. Central Nervous Risk Factors in Cardiac Surgery; G. Rodewald, B. Dahme, Th. Emskotter, P. Gotze, L. Lachenmeyer, U. Lamparter, P. Kalmar, H.-J. Krebber, H.-J. Meffert, H. Pokar. Techniques for Assessing Cerebral Damage. Neuropsychological Methods for Evaluating Regional Brain Dysfunction; R. Gur. Computerized EEG in Cardiac Surgery; E.H.J.F. Boezeman, J.A. Leusink, F.E.E. Vermeulen. Clinical Electroencephalographic Assessment of Cerebral Impairment; F. Struve. The Promise and Peril of Topographic Mapping of Quantified Brain Electrical Activity; F. Struve. Real-Time Multichannel Quantitative EEG Monitoring; R.J. Chabot, E.R. John, L.S. Prichep, P.M. Landau, W.O. Isom, L.D. Gugino. Psychological Damage. Impairment in Basic Cognitive Functioning: Attention, Concentration, and Mental Flexibility; H.-J. Meffert, B. Dahme. The Use of Neuropsychological Tests as Criteria of Brain Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgery Research; A.E. Willner. Neuropsychological Dysfunction before and after Cardiac Surgery; A.E. Willner. Psychopathology. Emotional Reactions to Cardiac Surgery; P. Gotze, B. Dahme, G. Huse-Kleinstoll, H.-J. Meffert.Adjustment Disorder in Cardiac Surgery Patients; P. Tienari. Major Depression and Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood or Depressive Disorders; C.J. Rabiner. Organic Mental Disorders in Cardiac Surgery; K.A. Sotaniemi. Index.