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After heart bypass surgery, eat a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, wholegrain cereals and cold-water fish.

Ask your doctor or surgeon about the benefits, risks and possible side effects of surgery.

Planned surgery (also known as elective surgery) refers to planned surgical procedures that can be booked in advance.

Ear correction surgery, or otoplasty, is usually done to move prominent ears closer to the head or to reduce the size of large ears.

An enlarged heart isn't a condition in itself, but a symptom of an underlying problem that is causing the heart to work harder than normal.

Information and links to fact sheets about the heart, heart disease and heart attacks.

Heart attack is an emergency. If you have warning signs of heart attack, get help fast. Call triple zero (000) and ask for an ambulance.

Heart failure is a condition where the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood to the rest of the body as well as it should.

Day surgery, also known as same-day surgery, is performed when a patient can be safely discharged from hospital on the same day they are admitted.

Brain surgery is performed for a number of reasons, including alterations in brain tissue, brain blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid.