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Heart Surgery Preparing for Your Surgery
This new video addresses the fears and concerns that coronary artery bypass surgery and heart valve surgery patients may have. It explains what they can expect from the time of admission to the ICU experience immediately following surgery. The video helps patients understand why heart surgery is needed and gives them an overview of what will be done in surgery.
15 minutes $150


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Heart Surgery First Days of Your Recovery
In this video patients learn how to take an active role in the recovery process. It shows patients what to expect during their hospital stay, after they leave the ICU. It explains that there are goals patients need to reach before being discharged from the hospital, and the kinds of activities they will be doing to reach those goals. The video also covers pain management and the emotions patients may go through.
12 minutes $150

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Heart Surgery Preparing for Discharge
Developed to help the healthcare professional provide discharge instructions to heart surgery patients, this program reviews the steps leading to discharge and the first few weeks of recovery at home. It also covers temporary restrictions, safe activities, incision care, and emotional issues. The importance of reducing risks to maintain long-term heart health is included.
15 minutes $150


 

 

 

Heart Surgery Getting Ready to Leave the Hospital
This program reviews key concepts that heart surgery patients should receive before leaving the hospital in an easily understood format. It offers a summary of discharge instructions and highlights information patients need during their recovery at home, including temporary restrictions, balancing activity with rest, and developing a basic routine.
10 minutes $150


 

 

 

Pacemakers
Designed for patients preparing to have a pacemaker implanted and their families, this video explains the physiology of the heart, arrhythmias, and what the pacemaker will do to control them. It covers the steps leading to surgery and what the patient can expect before being discharged. Recovery guidelines, temporary restrictions, and incision care in the first few weeks following discharge are reviewed. The video provides safety guidelines for living a full life with a pacemaker.
16 minutes $150


 

 

 

ICDs (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators)
This video helps the patient better understand why he or she may need an ICD and explains what an ICD does. It covers the steps leading to surgery and what the patient can expect before being discharged. Recovery guidelines, temporary restrictions, and incision care in the first few weeks following discharge are reviewed. The video gives patients safety guidelines for living a full life with an ICD.
17 minutes $150


 

 

 

Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty
Through illustrations and live footage this video takes patients through the angiography, angioplasty, and stenting procedures. The video shows how the heart works, what atherosclerosis is, and the risks of the procedures. Actual patients offer reassuring recollections of the procedures and recovery process.
English or Spanish 15 minutes $150


 

 

 

Coronary Angiography
For facilities that do angiographies but not angioplasties, this version takes patients through the angiography procedure only. It reviews how the heart works, what atherosclerosis is, the risks of the procedure, and recovery.
10 minutes $150


 

 

 

Coronary Angioplasty
For facilities that do angioplasties but not angiographies, this version takes patients through the angioplasty procedure only. It reviews how the heart works, what atherosclerosis is, the risks of the procedure, and recovery.
11 minutes $150


 

 

 

Recovering from Angioplasty
Give your patients the guidelines for short-term recovery after angioplasty and also help them reduce their long-term risks of more complications from heart disease. Here's what this new video covers:

  • Recovering at home
  • Returning to a routine
  • Signs of blocked arteries

16 minutes $150

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Talks about emotional highs and lows from real patients, and practical guidelines for returning to a normal life. Shows how a heart attack can be a turning point if it leads to a healthier lifestyle. Also promotes gradual exercise and joining a structured rehabilitation program.
English or Spanish 18 minutes $150

 

 

 

Recovery Guidelines for Cardiac Events First 6 Weeks at Home
This practical video gives patients guidelines about bathing and showering, dressing, meal preparation, car rides and driving, lifting, sexual activity, leisure, exercising, and constipation. Specially priced for volume purchases.
21 minutes $299

 

 

 

What is Aphasia?
This video features individuals and their families talking about practical tools they've used to help themselves cope with aphasia.
31 minutes $150

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Pathways Moving Beyond Stroke and Aphasia
Features six aphasia patients and their families who talk about emotions and new activities that have replaced their old way of doing things. Covers loss of self-esteem.
31 minutes $150

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Recovering from a Heart Attack
Explains what causes a heart attack and answers patients' most pressing questions about recovery. Describes what to expect during the hospital stay, including possible tests and procedures.
English or Spanish 12 minutes $150

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Heart to Heart Handling Stress
Give your cardiac patients a quick start on making the lifestyle changes they need to make with this new six-part video series. Hosted by Murray Rubin (himself a cardiac patient), "Heart to Heart" tapes feature real cardiac patients in unrehearsed interviews.
12 minutes $150

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Heart to Heart Rehabilitation
Give your cardiac patients a quick start on making the lifestyle changes they need to make with this new six-part video series. Hosted by Murray Rubin (himself a cardiac patient), "Heart to Heart" tapes feature real cardiac patients in unrehearsed interviews.
12 minutes $150

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Heart to Heart Controlling the Cardiac Blues
Give your cardiac patients a quick start on making the lifestyle changes they need to make with this new six-part video series. Hosted by Murray Rubin (himself a cardiac patient), "Heart to Heart" tapes feature real cardiac patients in unrehearsed interviews.

22 minutes $150

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Heart to Heart Eating Right
Give your cardiac patients a quick start on making the lifestyle changes they need to make with this new six-part video series. Hosted by Murray Rubin (himself a cardiac patient), "Heart to Heart" tapes feature real cardiac patients in unrehearsed interviews.
10 minutes $150

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Heart to Heart How to Quit Smoking
Give your cardiac patients a quick start on making the lifestyle changes they need to make with this new six-part video series. Hosted by Murray Rubin (himself a cardiac patient), "Heart to Heart" tapes feature real cardiac patients in unrehearsed interviews.
12 minutes $150

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Heart to Heart Getting Fit
Give your cardiac patients a quick start on making the lifestyle changes they need to make with this new six-part video series. Hosted by Murray Rubin (himself a cardiac patient), "Heart to Heart" tapes feature real cardiac patients in unrehearsed interviews.
12 minutes $150

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