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The Perfusionist's Perspective ARTICLE 1 "I Woke Up With All These Tubes and Lines - What Are They For?" ~ Emmanuel Mbaka You open your eyes. The operation is over. You may still feel sleepy and confused, and before you fully understand where you are, you notice something else: There seem to be tubes, wires and monitors everywhere. For many patients waking up after open-heart or aortic surgery, this can be frightening. You may wonder, "Is something wrong with me?" In most cases, these lines...

❤️🫀𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧. 𝗔. 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛. 🫀❤️ As #AorticDiseaseAwarenessMonth comes to a close, all of us at Aortic Hope want to say one very important thing: 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨. Thank you for reading. Thank you for watching. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for participating. And most importantly, thank you for helping us take aortic disease awareness far beyond our own community. And WOW… you certainly did! 🎉 📈 During September, on Facebook alone: ❤️ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝟯𝟬𝟬% ❤️...