Endorsed by the ERAS® Cardiac Society
The Cardiac Surgery Playbook
A Practical Guide to Understanding, Preparing for, and Recovering After Heart Surgery
A Practical Guide to Understanding, Preparing for, and Recovering After Heart Surgery
You have been told you need heart surgery. The questions come fast. This book answers them in plain language, from a team that cares for heart surgery patients every day. All proceeds support the ERAS® Cardiac Society.
What your operation involves, what your tests mean, and the questions to ask your surgeon, cardiologist and anesthesiologist.
Nutrition, exercise, medications, dental care and infection prevention before surgery, with worksheets for your care team, medications and appointments.
The ICU, pain and sleep, breathing and walking, cardiac rehab, driving, work, mood, and guidance for families and caregivers.
Free answers to the questions patients and families ask most, drawn from the book.
Daniel T. Engelman, MD, is a cardiac surgeon with more than 27 years of experience and an international leader in care before, during and after heart surgery. He is Professor of Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate and founder and president of the ERAS® Cardiac Society. He led the 2019 international guidelines for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery, published in JAMA Surgery, and was senior author of the 2024 expert consensus statement with The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
He wrote the book with Cheryl Crisafi, MSN, RN, a cardiac surgery nurse with more than 40 years of experience, and Armando Paez, MD, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Baystate Medical Center. More about the authors.
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