Pre-Op Procedures
In one of the Pre-Op holding rooms on the second floor of the Owen Heart Center, you will be given medications to relax you during pre-operative preparation. You may feel groggy or “out of it” but you’ll be awake and aware of your surroundings.
As soon as the surgeon and his team are ready, your bed will be moved from the Pre-Op holding room to one of the six Cardiovascular (CV) operating rooms. These are also on the second floor of the Owen Heart Center.
There are family consultation/waiting rooms on this floor, which is where your family members will be invited to wait while your surgical procedure is in progress. In fact, the waiting rooms are just a few feet from the Operating Room (OR) on the other side of a dividing wall, so your family and friends will literally be very close to you during the entire procedure!