Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Post-cardiac / vascular surgery recovery
When someone comes home after cardiothoracic & vascular surgery care, the treatment is finished and the recovery is not. Medlion coordinates what happens next — the visits, the trained people, the follow-ups and the updates your family actually needs.
Recovery coordination typically runs 8–16 weeks
Someone in your family needs this. Can Medlion help?
Usually, yes — and you do not need to know what to ask for. Tell us the situation and a Recovery Manager works out what the next weeks need, who holds each part, and what it costs. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.
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Tell us the situation
A few minutes. Approximate answers are fine.
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We come back to you
With a plan for this recovery, not a brochure.
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You decide
Nothing is arranged or charged until you say yes.
What we coordinate
The plan your doctor set is the plan we run. These are the pieces a cardiothoracic & vascular surgery recovery usually needs someone to hold.
Cardiac nursing round
daily
BP and pulse monitoring
twice daily
Sternotomy wound care
daily
Cardiac physiotherapy
daily
Medication schedule (anticoagulants, beta-blockers)
daily
Cardiology follow-up
weekly
Sternal wound healed
milestone
6-minute walk test completed
milestone
Cardiac clearance — return to activity
milestone
How progress is tracked
Recovery is easier to trust when it is visible. These are the markers we track and report to the family — not a prediction, and not a schedule anyone is held to.
Sternal wound healedaround week 6
Sternotomy incision fully closed, no drainage
Walking 200m independentlyaround week 8
Cardiac rehabilitation milestone
Cardiac clearancearound week 12
Cardiologist clears return to normal activities
Who we send
Attendants are matched to this department only if they hold the relevant verified competencies. Identity and background are checked before anyone is placed.
What we will ask you
So the first conversation is short and useful, here is what a Recovery Manager needs to know. Approximate answers are fine.
- ·Was this a bypass, valve replacement, or vascular procedure?
- ·Has the patient been discharged with specific dietary or fluid restrictions?
- ·What is the current status of the sternotomy or incision site?
For clinics & consultants
Medlion provides post-CTVS discharge coordination: certified cardiac nurses, sternotomy wound care, BP/medication monitoring, graduated cardiac rehab, weekly cardiology transport, and daily family updates. Your surgical outcomes continue at home.
How Medlion works with clinicsTell us the situation. We will tell you what it needs.
A first conversation with a Recovery Manager — no obligation, and no need to have anything decided yet.
Medlion coordinates care around the treatment your doctor has prescribed. This page describes how that coordination works. It is not medical advice, and it is not a substitute for your treating clinician.