Cardiac rehabilitation

by Georgios Papadimas | 8 February 2018

What is cardiac rehabilitation?

It is a medically supervised program designed to help improve your cardiovascular health through:

• Exercise counseling
• Healthy living education (managing risk factors, choosing a good diet, quitting smoking)
• Stress reduction counseling.

You don't have to treat your heart disease alone .It is a team effort. It is a medically supervised program.

Who should participate?

Many people of all ages who have heart disease can benefit from a cardiac rehabilitation program. return You may benefit if you have or have had :

• Heart attack
• angina pectoris
• heart failure
• Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)
• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
• Valve replacement
• Pacemaker or implantable defibrillator

How will I benefit from cardiac rehabilitation?

Cardiac rehabilitation does not change your past, but it can help you improve your future. return Each small step will help you take the next and so on. return You will benefit because through participation in the program you will:

• Reduce your risk of a future heart event.
• Eat better.
• Lose weight.
• Return to work and your daily activities.
• Have a normal sex life.