Recovering from Cardiac Surgery

Recovering from Cardiac Surgery

The purpose of this guide is to help you recover from cardiac surgery performed at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

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Recovering from Cardiac Surgery (PDF)

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Webinar: Recovering from Heart Surgery

An educational discharge class for patients and their loved one(s) after heart surgery. This class is directed to those who are or will be recovering after heart surgery.

See our calendar for webinar schedules.

Video playlist: Recovering after your heart surgery: a discharge class for you and your loved ones

Welcome to our heart surgery discharge class. We hope these videos will be useful to you on your journey of recovery after heart surgery. This class will provide the information you, your family and your caregivers need to guide your recovery after heart surgery.

Your Physical Activity Program While Recovering from Cardiac Surgery

A Heartwise Webinar presentation for patients recovering from heart surgery and their families, moderated by UOHI Physiotherapist Audrée Brooks.

Your Cardiac Surgery

The Heart Institute’s educational videos were made in collaboration with the Institute’s Patient Alumni Association and seek to provide, along with the patient guides, all important information to patients and families prior to a procedure or surgery.