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Edited by Peter L. Smith and K.M. Taylor. 284 pp., illustrated. London, Edward Arnold, 1993. $110. ISBN 0-340-55315-4. (Distributed in the U.S. by Little, Brown, Boston.).

Postoperative neurologic and psychological disturbances have been a prominent cause of morbidity in patients undergoing heart surgery since the earliest use of cardiopulmonary bypass in 1955. This collection of 22 clinical essays elucidates the nature and extent of the problem, the techniques of assessment and diagnosis, and possible ways to reduce the risk of neurologic morbidity after open-heart surgery.

The topics and essayists have been chosen to avoid duplication, and editorial uniformity is well maintained. Most authors are from Germany and the United Kingdom, a fact that perhaps reflects greater recent investigational activity in those countries.

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