Notice: Inpatient bedside phones are being phased out at Nova Scotia Health facilities beginning May 31. Please bring a personal device and charging equipment for your hospital stay.
Angioplasty of the leg is done to open narrowed arteries in your leg. This pamphlet explains why you need this procedure, steps of the procedure, what a stent is, risks, how to prepare for surgery, and what recovery will be like after surgery. This pamphlet is also available in French.
In ARVC, some of your heart muscle is replaced by fat and scar tissue leading to a weakened heart muscle. This pamphlet gives the most common causes of ARVC, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal (not usual) heart rhythm. This pamphlet explains the symptoms of atrial fibrillation, how it is diagnosed and treated, what you can do to help your condition, and what to do if you have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.
Cardioversion is used to treat heart rhythm problems. During a cardioversion, an electrical shock is given to your heart. This pamphlet explains getting ready for the procedure, how the procedure is done, and recovery. This pamphlet is also available in French.
With Brugada syndrome, the channels in your heart do not open and close the way they should. This pamphlet provides causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and activity guidelines for Brugada syndrome.
Calcium channel blockers are medications used to treat chest pain and control high blood pressure. This pamphlet explains how to take calcium channel blockers. Symptoms that require a trip to the Emergency Department are listed.
During cardiac surgery, your surgeon will break your middle breastbone (called the sternum) to access your heart. This pamphlet gives precautions to follow to lower the stress put on your sternum and give you the best chance to have it heal properly.
This pamphlet explains how cardiovascular (heart) disease may affect your mental health. Topics include common physical, social, and emotional changes, and when and how to get help.
This pamphlet will help you learn about your care before and after 1 of 2 types of cardiovascular device implant procedures, a pacemaker or an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator).
This booklet gives helpful information to families with a loved one who is a patient in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit 5.1 (CVICU) at the Halifax Infirmary.