“Memory Loss After Heart Surgery?” Asks Paige
Posted By Adam Pick On June 19, 2009 @ 7:48 pm In Post-Operative Care | 15 Comments
I just received an interesting question about memory loss after heart valve surgery from Paige Mitchell of Virginia.
Paige writes, “Hi Adam, I had [1] writing your book and this blog! Paige”
While I never experienced any complications specific to memory loss, many patients report experiences of cognitive decline following heart surgery. In fact, this condition is often referred to as “pumphead” for the reasons that Paige provides above.
Interestingly enough, there is ongoing debate as to whether-or-not use of the heart-lung machine is really the source of memory loss after surgery.
Regardless… This post-operative condition does impact certain patients. For that reason, I have included several links below which provide additional information specific to pumphead and heart lung machines.
- [2] Cardiac Depression & Pumphead
- [3] Pumphead - Cognitive Decline After Heart Surgery
- [4] More On The Debate Of Pumphead
- [5] How Does The Heart Lung Machine Work?
I hope this helps you better understand memory loss after heart valve surgery.
Keep on tickin!
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URLs in this post:
[1] writing your book: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-valve-surgery-book-download-guide.php
[2] Cardiac Depression & Pumphead: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/08/21/pumphead-and-cardiac-depression/
[3] Pumphead - Cognitive Decline After Heart Surgery: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/05/pumphead-cognitive-decline-after-he
art-valve-surgery-huh/
[4] More On The Debate Of Pumphead: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/01/22/pumphead/
[5] How Does The Heart Lung Machine Work?: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/07/17/ever-wonder-how-a-heart-lung-machin
e-works/
[6] click here: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/06/19/memory-loss-heart-surgery-problems/
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