https://www.HeartValveSurgery.com Patients preparing for heart surgery are often confused about the realities of staying in a hospital before, during and after the operation. As a result, many patients experience stress and anxiety in the days, weeks and months leading up to their cardiac procedure.

To help patients better manage their expectations about staying in a hospital, we interviewed Dr. Patrick McCarthy, the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. During his career, Dr. McCarthy has performed over 10,000 cardiac procedures with more than 6,000 operations involving some form of heart valve repair or heart valve replacement therapy:

Select questions asked to Dr. McCarthy include:

1. How long are heart valve patients in the hospital?
2. How has the length of stay changed during the past 20 years?
3. What medical advances are helping shorten the patient's length of stay?
4. When is the breathing tube (ventilator) taken out?
5. What therapies are minimizing pain and discomfort for patients in the hospital?
6. What happens during a typical stay in the hospital?
7. How long am I in the intensive care unit?
8. What should patients bring to the hospital?
9. Can care partners (spouses, relatives, children) stay with patients in their rooms?
10. What else should patients know about their hospital stays prior to discharge?

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