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Peggy C. Ferry, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1987;141(3):309-312.

Abstract
• Major advances in surgical and cardiopulmonary bypass technology have occurred in the past 30 years. Total correction of previously inoperable congenital cardiac defects is being performed with increasing frequency and in children at progressively younger ages. While the majority of children undergoing cardiac surgery survive without incident, increasing concern is being raised about neurologic sequelae seen in some survivors. Complications such as embolization, hypoxia, inadequate cerebral perfusion, and biochemical disturbances may all lead to brain damage following cardiac surgery. Acute postoperative neurologic problems include seizures, impaired levels of consciousness, focal motor deficits, and movement disorders. Long-term sequelae include language and learning disorders, mental retardation, seizures, and cerebral palsy. Intraoperative cerebral monitoring techniques are as yet imperfect, but their use in combination with meticulous intraoperative and postoperative care currently provides the best means reducing neurologic morbidity. Future tudies should explore other methods of preserving neurologic integrity in chilren undergoing open heart surgery.

(AJDC 1987;141:309-312)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics, Section of Child Neurology, and Neurology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 9, 1986.

Presented in part at the Fourth International Child Neurology Congress, Jerusalem, March 20, 1986.

Reprint requeststo the Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724 (Dr Ferry).

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