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Chest drains. It is necessary that drainage tubes are
placed around your heart at the end of the operation and whilst you are still
sedated. (see photo of chest scar on ‘What now’?) These are connected to a bottle and allow any
blood which may have collected around your heart to be removed. The drained blood is observed by staff as
it is deposited into the bottle, and when it subsides, the drains will be
removed.
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