Designed for the complete care of cardiac patients and those with high risk of heart disease.
The Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is designed for the complete care of cardiac patients and those with high risk of heart disease.
A successful recovery from bypass surgery requires a thorough understanding of the process by the patient and their family. Recovery is directly related to the extent of damage already caused by the coronary artery disease and the natural healing ability of the heart. The cardiac rehabilitation team supports the individual and the body during the healing process and repair of the damaged tissues. The cardiac rehabilitation program is well equipped with state-of-the-art technology, and full-time cardiologists. Patient and family education is a part of cardiac rehabilitation program to help the patient understand how the heart works and what can be done to improve and maintain excellent health.
The Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinic at Bangkok Heart Hospital is well equipped with state of the art technology, trained physician and full time cardiologists.
Patient and family education is also a part of Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinic. This will help the patient to understand how the heart works and what the patient can do to improve and maintain an excellent health.
If you are just recovering from heart attack or heart – related illnesses and you would like to regain your strength and fitness without worry about safety, cardiac rehabilitation can help you return to active life style, have more energy to do things you like and you may gain the most valuable benefit of cardiac rehabilitation that is to slow or even reverse progression of cardiovascular disease in the future.
Cardiac rehabilitation clinic services
- Exercise – based cardiac rehabilitation program
- Relaxation clinic for physical stress reduction (On progress)
- Nutritional counseling
- EECP (Enhanced external counter pulsation)
What is cardiac rehabilitation?
Cardiac rehabilitation is medically supervised program of exercise, education and activity to help heart patients recover quickly, improve physical and mental fitness and guide life style changes.
What are the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation?
- Slow or may reverse the progression of cardiovascular disease
- Reduce mortality rate
- Reduce cardiac event
- Better control risk factors
- Improve functional capacity
- Improve quality of life
Who can benefit from cardiac rehabilitation?
- Cardiac patients :
- Stable angina
- Post acute myocardial infarction
- Post coronary artery bypass and other heart surgeries
- Post angioplasty
- Heart failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Controlled cardiac arrhythmia
- Post pacemaker placement
- Risk factor groups :
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Dyslipidemia
- Overweight
Many patients with others medical illnesses also benefit from medically supervised exercise program such as pulmonary diseases, peripheral arterial disease, end – stage renal diseases, cancers and elderly patients.