Cardiac Surgery

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...

When you get to the hospital the morning of your surgery, your first stop will be the admissions area for cardiac surgery, where you...

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...

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...

We care about your experience with us, so we have put together some patient education materials that will help you prepare for surge...

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,...

Unfortunately, we all have to deal with physical pain sometimes. It may be chronic, from an ongoing condition like back pain or head...

After your surgery, your doctor might have you take what’s called a diuretic or a “water pill.” Diuretics help to get rid of extra f...

Having some pain after a procedure or surgery is normal, but you and your care team can work together to control it. Pain control is...