Open Heart Surgery

Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is a procedure in which health care professionals take blood vessels from another part of the body to create new places for oxygen-rich blood to flow around, or "bypass," blocked or narrowed coronary arteries to the heart muscle. © AHA

Learn strategies for rating and describing your pain level to members of your cardiac team, so they can treat it.

Learn how creating a daily basic routine can help you better manage your recovery.

Learn how you can expect to be feeling three to six weeks after heart surgery and how cardiac rehabilitation can help.

Learn about the 3 stages of cardiac rehabilitation and how each is important to your journey of living a heart healthy lifestyle.

In this video, Kirk undergoes bypass surgery after learning he has widespread blockages in his coronary arteries.