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Heart surgeons do heart surgery to treat conditions that can’t be fixed any other way. Sometimes making lifestyle changes and taking...

When your heart is working the way it’s supposed to, blood flows continuously throughout your body. It flows from your heart out to...

If you’re having heart valve surgery, that means one or more of the valves in your heart isn’t working the way it’s supposed to. So...

After having cardiac surgery, most people stay in the hospital for about three to five days. Remember, your body went through a lot...

Right after surgery, you’ll move from the operating room to a special intensive care unit for heart surgery patients. After two to f...

After surgery, since you won’t be moving around like you usually do, you’ll need to exercise your lungs to keep them healthy. Using...

A day or two after your surgery, you’ll start to move around more, increasing your activity and self-care as you’re able. You’ll sit...