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Patient Education

• After Bypass Surgery: Caring for Your Incision

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• After Bypass Surgery: Caring for Yourself

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• After Bypass Surgery: Driving and Social Activities

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• After Bypass Surgery: Get Plenty of Rest

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• After Bypass Surgery: Getting Up and Out of Bed

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• After Bypass Surgery: Prevent Swelling in Your Legs

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• After Bypass Surgery: Visits with Your Healthcare Team

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• After Bypass Surgery: Your Role in Recovery

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• After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

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• After Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery: At Home

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• After Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery: In the Hospital

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• After Your Bypass: Pacing Yourself

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• Before Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

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• Controlling Your Risk Factors After Bypass Surgery

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• Coronary Angioplasty

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• Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

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• Coronary Atherectomy

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• Discharge Instructions for Heart Attack

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• Discharge Instructions for Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Surgery

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• Discharge Instructions: Taking Calcium Channel Blockers

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• Exercise After Bypass Surgery: Start Slowly

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• Exercise After Bypass Surgery: Walking

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• Exercising After a Heart Attack

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• Exercising Safely After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

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• First Aid: Heart Attacks

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• Getting Started with Cardiac Rehab- Exercise

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• Having Cardiac Catheterization

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• Having Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

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• Having Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (CABG) Surgery

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• Heart Attack: Back at Home

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• Heart Attack: Questions for Your Health Care Team

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• Heart Medicines After Bypass Surgery

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• Incision Care: Chest

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• Kicking the Smoking Habit

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• Know the Medicines You’re Taking

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• Lifestyle Management After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

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• Living Well After a Heart Attack

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• Managing Pain After Bypass Surgery

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• Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery

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• Peripheral Angioplasty

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• Peripheral Arterial Angioplasty and Stent

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• Peripheral Arterial Thrombolysis

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• Peripheral Venous Thrombolysis (Clot-Busting)

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• Procedures for Deep Vein Thrombosis

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• Recognizing a Heart Attack or Angina

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• Renal Angioplasty and Stenting

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• Starting a Cardiac Rehab Program After Bypass Surgery

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• Stroke and Heart Disease

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• Symptoms of a Heart Attack

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• Taking a Beta-Blocker

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• Taking Aspirin for Atherosclerosis

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• Taking Blood Thinners After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

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• Taking Medicines for Your Heart

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• Taking Your Medicines After a Heart Attack

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• Tips for Taking Medicines

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• Understanding Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

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• Understanding Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (CABG) Surgery

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• Venous Angioplasty and Stenting

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• Warning Signs of a Heart Attack

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• When to Call the Doctor After Bypass Surgery

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• When to Use the Emergency Room (ER)

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• Your Emotional Health After Bypass Surgery

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• Your Heart Is at Risk

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• Your Heart Risk Action Plan

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• Your Recovery Plan