The Stony Brook Heart Center offers a range of patient education opportunities on campus, in the community, and on its website, where you can find information on heart disease and conditions, tests, and treatments and procedures. Our Patient Guide to Cardiac Surgery has been prepared especially for patients who have heart surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center. Here the individual sections of it are provided to you:

• Welcome
• Your Cardiothoracic Surgery Team
• About Your Heart Surgery
• Planning for Your Surgery
• Cardiac Anesthesia
• Your Care After Surgery
• Managing Pain
• Discharge Information
• Information for Family and Friends
• Educational Materials
• Helpful Telephone Numbers
• Glossary of Terms

Click here to see the patient guide in its entirety, with all of the above sections together.