Important Information (MWHC)
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...
How Your Heart Works
Your heart is an amazing organ. It beats about 100,000 times every day, to move blood around your body. As your heart beats, blood c...
Your Healthcare Team (MWHC)
Our goal is to take the best care of you, and to do that there is a whole team of people whose job is to help care for you. Your hea...
Risk Factors for Heart Disease
Some of the biggest risk factors that can lead to heart disease you can control, like what you eat and how much physical activity yo...
Smoking Risk Factors
If you smoke, you probably know it damages your body in a lot of ways. For one thing, smoking lowers the amount of oxygen that goes...
Visitor Information (MWHC)
We know it can be hard on friends and family during a patient’s stay in the hospital. To help us continue caring for patients when p...
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...
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...
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...