Preparing for Surgery

Throughout your journey, your care team is there to support and guide you, as well as answer any questions or concerns you have.

Before your surgery, doctors called anesthesiologists will visit you. They are responsible for keeping you asleep during surgery. You will not feel any pain while you are asleep. All you will remember is traveling down to the operating room.

 

Your Surgery Day


How is the VAD implanted in the chest?

The surgeon performs a sternotomy which involved opening your chest and implanting the cannulae into your heart. This will leave a scar on your chest. During the surgery, you will be on a heart and lung bypass machine, which helps circulate your blood during the operation.

After the VAD is turned on, the settings are adjusted to provide the correct blood flow to your body.