Introduction - Advice for patients having open heart surgery
This booklet has been compiled to offer information, advice and reassurance to you and your family both before and after your heart surgery. The nursing staff are always available to answer any queries or help with any worries.
You have been advised to have open-heart surgery, either to replace one or more of the heart valves or to have coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG), or both. This is to improve your quality of life and relieve some of your symptoms.
Your Consultant will already have explained the risks associated with your operation when he saw you in clinic, or on the ward. If you or your family require any further information please ask to speak to your Nursing staff or one of the Doctors caring for you.
If you have a problem and are unsure what to do or you wish to speak to someone concerning your recovery, you can contact the Ward or Cardiac Coordinator.
Telephone 01253 952501 (office) or through the main hospital switchboard on 01253 300000 and ask for bleep 1825.
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