Psychopathological and Neurological Dysfunctions Following Open-Heart Surgery

Point of View.- Characteristics of Postoperative Patient Education Programs For Open-Heart Surgery Patients in the United States.- Model of an Integrated Psychotherapeutic Approach to the Heart Surgery Patient.- Discussion of Session IV (Summary).- Session V Neuropsychological Considerations in the Care and Treatment of Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.- Cardiac Surgery in Infancy Using Profound Hypothermia and Circulatory Arrest: Late Developmental Progress.- Psychiatric Complications in Children After Open-Heart Surgery.- Comparison of Personality and Social Development After Heart Surgery Using Profound Hypothermia, Normothermia Perfusion, and Cardioplegia in Children.- Chronic "Life-Threatening" Illness in Childhood and Adolescence: Developmental, Cognitive and Psychotherapeutic Considerations in the Care of Children Facing Open-Heart Surgery -Selected Israeli Experience.- Discussion of Session V (Summary).- Session VI Postsurgical Adaptation: Issues and Experience.- Recovery After Major Heart Surgery: Medical, Psychological, and Work Outcomes.- Psychosocial Situation of the Open-Heart Surgery Patient One Year After Operation.- Relationship Between Preoperative Coping Styles, Immediate Postoperative Reactions and Some Aspects of the Psychosocial Situation of Open-Heart Surgery Patients One Year After the Operation.- Psychological and Behavioral Responses Following Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.- Effects of Environmental Stress upon the Long-term Outcome of Open-Heart Surgery: A Five-Year Follow-up Study.- Discussion of Session VI (Summary).-Session VII General Psychological Issues.- Achievement Motivation After Chronic Disease.- The Fantasy of Resurrection and Rebirth in Cardiac Surgery Patients.- Psychodynamic Considerations and Findings About Patient Adjustment to Heart Operations.- Patients' Fear of Cardiosurgery and Its Significance for the Pre-and Postoperative State.- Discussion of Session VII (Summary).- Session VIII Influence of Surgical Technique on Postoperative Neuropsychiatric Complications.- Intracranial Hemorrhage and Hematoma Following Open-Heart Surgery.- Focal Neurological Lesions and Diffuse Organic Brain Damage in Open-Heart Surgery Patients. Postoperative Thrombocytosis and Platelet Aggregation - A Possible Aetiological Factor in the Causation of Organic Brain Dysfunction.- Comparison of Psychometric Findings Following Use of Bubble and Membrane Oxygenator.- Prevention of Postoperative Psychic and Neurological Disturbances After Open-Heart Surgery Using Prostacyclin: A Clinical Study.- The Effects of Prostacylin on Reducing Cerebral Damage Following Open-Heart Surgery.- Improved Cerebral Protection During Open-Heart Surgery. A Psychometric Investigation on 339 Patients.- Microembolization Due to Microbubbles Released from the Oxygenator.- Effect of Pulsatile Flow and Arterial Line Filtration on Cerebral Cellular Damage During Open-Heart Surgery.- Discussion of Session VIII (Summary).- Final Panel Discussion.- The International Study: A Course for the Future.- In Memoriam: Professor Robin D. Becker.