Introduction to MHVI
Welcome to the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute. While you are here, you will be cared for by a team of doctors, nurses, physic...
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How to Prepare One Day Before (MUMH)
The bullets below are a summary of what you’ll need the day before surgery to be ready. If you have any questions before surgery, fe...
The Morning of Surgery
When you get to the hospital the morning of your surgery, your first stop will be the admissions area for cardiac surgery, where you...
How to Prepare the Morning Before Surgery
The bullets below are a summary of what you’ll need to do the morning of your surgery to be ready. If you have any questions before...
How to Prepare One Day Before (MWHC)
The bullets below are a summary of what you’ll need the day before surgery to be ready. If you have any questions before surgery, fe...
How to Prepare One Week Before Surgery
We care about your experience with us, so we have put together some patient education materials that will help you prepare for surge...
Welcome- MHVI (MWHC)
We at MedStar want you to feel as comfortable as possible as you go through the process of having heart surgery. To help with that,...
Drug Free Methods for Controlling Pain
Unfortunately, we all have to deal with physical pain sometimes. It may be chronic, from an ongoing condition like back pain or head...
Pain Control
If you have pain after having a procedure or surgery, good pain control is important to keep you comfortable and to help you get wel...
When to Call For Help
You have a cardiac device implanted and a home monitor that sends periodic readings to your device team. However, your device team i...