After Surgery
You will go directly to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after surgery.
Your surgeon will speak with your family to answer any questions they may have. You will have many tubes and wires attached to your body that will:
As you recover, each of these tubes or wires will be removed.
Recovering from Heart Surgery provides more detailed information about your hospital stay, homecare guidelines, and long-term follow-up care.
Contact
For more information regarding mitral valve disease and the treatments available, please contact the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at (866) 662-8467, or request an appointment online.
Visit the Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Health Learning Center and Alberto Culver Women's Health Learning Center. These state-of-the-art health information libraries are among the largest hospital-based learning facilities of their kind. For more information call (312) 926-5465.
Mitral Valve Surgery
Before Surgery
Day before Surgery
Day of Surgery
During Surgery
After Surgery
Review Date: 08/07
