Preparing for Your Heart Surgery: What to Expect (video)

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Video: Your Heart Surgery

Preparing for Your Heart Surgery (15 minute video)

This Patient instruction video on preparing for heart surgery describes the process from admitting to discharge.

Cómo prepararse para su operación de corazón (video de 15 minutos)

Este video informativo para pacientes sobre cómo prepararse para una operación de corazón describe el proceso desde el ingreso hasta el alta.

View of a coronary artery bypass operation from observation dome overhead. (Una intervención de bypass coronario vista desde la cúpula de observación.)

See also on this site: Heart Surgery Overview

Más información en este sitio Web: Información general sobre cirugía cardiovascular

To find a cardiovascular physician who accepts your insurance, please call our Physician Referral line at 832-355-DOCS or complete our online form

Averigüe cómo recibir servicios internacionales del Texas Heart Institute en el St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital .

Para información en español llame al telefone 1-800-292-2221 o 1-832-355-6536.

Updated June 2009

If you need information about keeping your heart healthy, e-mail the
Heart Information Center or call 1-800-292-2221.
(Outside the U.S., call 1-832-355-6536.)

Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center
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