I: Introduction: Page 5
Welcome statement
Introduction of team
II: Before your surgery: Page 9
General Guidelines
Testing
Medication
III: Your Heart and How it Works: Page 17
Basic Structural Anatomy
o Heart
o Aorta
IV: Coronary Artery Disease: Page 21
What is the problem?
o Coronary Artery Disease
What is it and how does it occur?
Risk factors
V: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG): Page 25
CABG:
o What happens during the cardiac bypass surgery?
Approach/incision
o Heart/Lung machine
o Internal mammary arteries
o Saphenous Vein
o Chest tubes
What are the risks/potential complications?
VII: Aortic Valve Disease: Page 30
What is the problem?
o Aortic Stenosis vs Aortic Regurgitation
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