title: Neurologic manifestations of cardiac disease.
abstract: Although much has been written on the response of the heart to various intracerebral events including seizures, ischemia, intracerebral, and subarachnoid hemorrhage, less is known of the cerebral response to altered cardiac rhythm, cardiac failure, and cardiac arrest. The latter may alter central neuronal activity, cerebral blood flow, or cause ischemic damage. Such changes in cerebral function may lead to loss of consciousness, seizures, and focal neurologic deficits at the clinical level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Helgason
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans