Cardiovascular diseases and their neurological complications.

Abstract

This paper presents a review of the principal cardiovascular conditions which are associated with or cause certain neurological lesions. Included are conditions such as rheumatic and coronary heart disease, bacterial and non-bacterial endocarditis, dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, congenital heart disease, mitral valve prolapse, and carotid sinus hypersensitivity. The purpose of the review is to call attention to the neurological complications which may confront the physician in treating the patient who presents with any of the entities listed above, and to indicate the type of management which is currently favored for the complications.