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Heart Surgery
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Overviews
- Overviews
- Heart Surgery Overview (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Open Heart Surgery - What to Expect
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish
Treatment
- Treatment
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Procedure for Congestive Heart Failure
(slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program - Ross Procedure - an Aortic Valve Replacement Heart Surgery (slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program
Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Cardiac Rehab: Healing Mind and Body (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Cardiac Rehabilitation (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - What Is Cardiac Rehabilitation? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
Coping
- Coping
- Recovery After Heart Surgery (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- What Happens After Heart Surgery?
(American Heart Association) - Links to PDF - What to Expect After Heart Surgery (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Aortic Valve Replacement (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
- Atrial Fibrillation Surgery: Maze Procedure (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
- Cardiac Ablation (Heart Rhythm Society)
Also available in: Spanish - Cardiomyoplasty (American Heart Association)
- Heart Surgery for Marfan Syndrome (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- How Will I Be Monitored after Heart Surgery? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- Latest Technology: Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Surgery (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Maze Surgery (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Mitral Valve Repair (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
- Mitral Valve Replacement (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
- Myocardial Biopsy (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Pericardiocentesis (Pericardial Tap) (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Surgical Procedures to Treat Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR) (American Heart Association)
- What Is Heart Valve Surgery? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- What You Need to Know about Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Dressler's Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Effect of Heart Surgery on Neurological Function (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Facing Cardiac Surgery? Ask Your Doctor about Vitamins and Supplements (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Heart Surgery: Can It Cause Dementia? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Directories
- Directories
- Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Heart Association
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Children
- Children
- Treating Congenital Heart Defects (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- What Is a Pediatric Surgeon? (American College of Surgeons) - Links to PDF