Evaluation of cardiac transplant candidates: Preliminary observations

Abstract Acting in a consultation-liaison role, the authors assisted the surgical team with preoperative and postoperative evaluation of psychiatric complications, and with postoperative management, for the eight cardiac transplant patients described in vignettes in this article. The incidence of depression, anxiety, and organic mental disorders was high, leading to the recommendation that a psychiatric team be regularly involved with assessment and management of the transplant patient before and after the operation