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For Patients

This section includes important information that will help you prepare for surgery and recover from surgery. You may also find helpful information in the  Diseases and Conditions and  Your Heart Health sections. If you have any questions, please be sure to ask your nurse or surgeon.

Patient Information Sheets

• Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
  
  • Discharge Instructions
    
  • Pre-Procedure Information
    
• Cardiac Catheterization
  
  • Discharge Instructions
    
  • Information for Patients
    
• Cardiac Defibrillators
  
  • Biventricular Internal Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)
    
    • Discharge Instructions
      
    • Information for Patients and Families
      
  • Internal Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)
    
    • Information for Patients
      
    • Discharge Instructions
      
• Cardioversion
  
  • Inpatient Discharge Instructions
    
  • Outpatient Pre-Procedure Information
    
• Coronary Artery Disease
  
  • Coronary Artery Disease
    
• Electrophysiology Study and Ablation
  
  • Discharge Instructions
    
• Event Recorder ("King of Hearts")
  
  • Daily Recordings
    
  • Making a Recording When You Have Symptoms
    
  • Sending Your Recordings
    
• Exercise Tolerance Test
  
  • Non-Imaging
    
• Heart Failure
  
  • Exercise
    
  • Following a 2-Gram Sodium Diet
    
  • Managing Heart Failure
    
  • Self-Management Record
    
• Pacemakers
  
  • Pacemaker Insertion: Discharge Instructions
    
  • Preparing for Your Pacemaker
    
• Pacemakers (Biventricular)
  
  • Biventricular Pacemaker: Patient Discharge Instructions
    
  • Preparing for Your Biventricular Pacemaker
    
• Peripheral Angiography
  
  • Discharge Instructions
    
  • Information for Patients
    
• Peripheral Angioplasty/Stent
  
  • Discharge Instructions

Videos

• Balloon Angioplasty Coronary Angioplasty
  
• Cardiac Catheterization Angiography
  
• Permanent Pacemaker - Implant
  
• Stent Implantation Coronary Angioplasty

Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

To view a listing of  Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs in Massachusetts by region, click here.

To view a listing of  Outpatient Cadiac Rehab-Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Programs in Massachusetts by region, click here.

CarePages

Bringing friends and family close when you need them most.Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and CarePages have teamed up!  We're providing our patients with a FREE , personal and private web page service to stay connected with family and friends before, during, and after hospitalization.

Create a Free Web Page to Stay Connected

Using CarePages, you can create and update a password protected and personalized web page where you can share your latest news with friends and family and receive messages of support.