Cardiovascular Surgery Healing Enhancement Program

Overview

The Cardiovascular Surgery Healing Enhancement Program offers integrative medicine to people who are having heart surgery (cardiovascular surgery) and their families at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Integrative medicine combines complementary medicine with conventional medical care to address your physical, emotional and spiritual needs.

The program offers you access to several complementary and integrative therapies before, during and after your heart surgery to promote healing. Read more about types of complementary therapies.

Benefits

Complementary therapies may benefit you and your family members in many ways, including:

• Decreasing your anxiety
• Helping reduce the amount of pain medication you need while recovering
• Helping to speed your recovery and allow you to return sooner to regular activity
• Helping you feel better physically and emotionally
• Promoting better sleep
• Promoting relaxation and reducing tension
• Reducing your feelings of pain and nausea

Why choose Mayo Clinic

A team of trained specialists in the Cardiovascular Surgery Healing Enhancement Program at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota coordinates with your cardiac care team to provide complementary and integrative therapies before, during and after your heart surgery. The team of specialists from cardiovascular surgery, complementary and integrative medicine, nursing and surgery gives you personal care. The Saint Marys Hospital Auxiliary volunteers also provide services to help you and your family, including a hand massage program, music systems in rooms and hospitality lounges. The program is offered at no cost to you.

The Cardiovascular Surgery Healing Enhancement Program has been so positive for people who have had cardiovascular surgery that other surgical units at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota are implementing complementary therapies. Evidence-based research at Mayo Clinic has shown complementary and integrative therapies deliver important benefits to people who have cardiovascular surgery.

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