Showing posts with label Cardiology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cardiology. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Cardiac psychosis...

"There is an increase in the risk of heart attack if a first-degree relative (parent or sibling)..."
 
http://www.uihealthcare.org/2column.aspx?id=237281
 
"Eugenics has also been concerned with the elimination of hereditary diseases..."
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
 
"Damage to the autonomic nervous system is a key predictor of cardiovascular risk, researcher Rianne Ravensbergen told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. "

http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ikIQLcMWJtE&b=7799765&ct=11300873

"Injured heart tissue conducts electrical impulses more slowly than normal heart tissue...
The cardiac defibrillator is a device that was specifically designed to terminate these potentially fatal arrhythmias. The device works by delivering an electrical shock to the patient in order to depolarize a critical mass of the heart muscle, in effect "rebooting" the heart."
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocardial_infarction
 

Research: 
 
"Sleep deprivation consistently preceded onset of these symptoms..." - Postoperative psychosis after heart surgery
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1177486   
  
Cerebral embolism and psychosis with special reference to cardiac surgery - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/61257
 
Psychotic reactions after cardiac surgery. A critical review - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4950880
 
Mental and neurological disorders associated with heart operations. Pre- and postoperative studies - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1261955
 
Postcardiotomy psychosis in non-English-speaking patients - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5148647
 
Psychiatric effects of cardiac surgery - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1020860
 
The hidden psychosis of open-heart surgery. With a note on the sense of awe - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4678683
 
 
Postcardiotomy psychosis: indications and interventions - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1041578