Peter Scott - Team Leader
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| Cardiac Rehabilitation | Consider cardiac rehabilitation if you are recovering from: | |||||||||||
| • | Heart attack |  |
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| • | Coronary bypass surgery | |||||||||||
| • | Heart valve replacement | |||||||||||
| • | Heart transplant | |||||||||||
| • | Angina | |||||||||||
| • | Angioplasty or Stenting | |||||||||||
| What are the benefits? | ||||||||||||
| • | Increased muscular endurance and strength | |||||||||||
| • | Diminish fatigue | |||||||||||
| • | Lower heart rate | |||||||||||
| • | Reduce high blood pressure | |||||||||||
| • | Reduce stress and tension | |||||||||||
| • | Improve sleep patterns | |||||||||||
| • | Increase strength in heart muscle fibres | |||||||||||
| • | Increases the efficiency of the heart | |||||||||||
| • | Reduce the risk of a fatal heart attack | |||||||||||
| • | Feel good and look good - increased sense of well being | |||||||||||
| • | Improve your self image - improves self-confidence | |||||||||||
| • | Decrease your low density lipoprotein levels (LDL) – bad cholesterol | |||||||||||
| • | Increase basal metabolic rate – burn more calories | |||||||||||
| • | Decrease triglyceride levels | |||||||||||
| • | Increase max VO2 | |||||||||||
| • | Increases knowledge of cardiac diseases, diet and risk factors | |||||||||||
| • | Increase your high density lipoprotein levels (HDL) – good cholesterol | |||||||||||
| • | Reduce body fat - assist in weight control | |||||||||||
| What does a cardiac rehabilitation course offer? | ||||||||||||
| • | Assessment to determine the correct programme for you | |||||||||||
| • | Personal, supervised, exercise sessions while vital signs are monitored | |||||||||||
| • | Diabetes education | |||||||||||
| • | Stress management | |||||||||||
| • | Nutritional advice | |||||||||||
| • | Assistance in developing a safe home exercise programme | |||||||||||
| • | Encouragement and support from the staff and other patients | |||||||||||
| • | Smoking cessation advice | |||||||||||
| How do I enrol? | ||||||||||||
If
you are interested in joining a Cardiac Rehabilitation
Programme, first contact your G.P. or Cardiac Consultant.
A doctor's referral is necessary for admittance onto
a programme. You can also contact
us for advice. |
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| Click on the Action Heart logo above to read and download a document in PDF format on heart failure prepared by Mandy Houghton who is a heart failure nurse who works in the community | ||||||||||||
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