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What are the goals of cardiac rehabilitation?

With our Rehabilitation Program aims to improve the quality of life and significantly reduce mortality in patients with coronary heart disease.

Through a controlled and supervised physical exercise, these patients experienced an improvement in their physical capacity and better myocardial performance. This leads in all cases to a significant improvement of symptoms.

In patients with coronary heart disease and undergo a rehabilitation program, has been identified, an increase over 50% survival regarding patients discharged.

There are also better results in the short and long term in patients undergoing CABG.

Patients rehabiltats from the point of view of coronary show an improvement in quality of life from the point of view of physical and psychological, presenting an optimum socio-occupational reintegration.

Heart disease is the highest incidence and mortality of major Western countries. The incidence of this disease is increasing in our country, especially in high risk groups.

The profitability studies carried out showed that the rehabilitation program is very positive because:

• It is a disease of highest incidence in our population.

• Being a chronic disease with a very high morbidity and mortality, needs to be treated in special centers.

• The rehabilitation programs are widely accepted and very favorable cardiologists.

What is cardiac rehabilitation?

The set of measures to improve the functional, physical and mental capacity of all those who have submitted a heart disease, especially ischemic heart disease, targeting the reintegration of the patient back to their normal daily activity.

Who is targeted cardiac rehabilitation?

All patients who have undergone cardiac disease as:

– Stable angina pectoris

– Myocardial infarction

– Post-operative cardiac surgery

– Post-coronary angioplasty

– Patients suffering from coronary stent

– Diseases of the heart valves

– Heart Transplant

What is cardiac rehabilitation program?

The cardiac rehabilitation program consists of:

Controlled physical training to improve the functional capacity of the heart muscle.

Psychological rehabilitation program for anxiety, stress and depression, regaining self-confidence.

Dietary advice and personalized diets.

Program information and prevention of coronary risk factors, targeting patients and familiares.

How long does a cardiac rehabilitation program?

The duration of a cardiac rehabilitation program is 4-12 months depending on the pathology, making 2 or 3 sessions per week, depending on exercise tolerance presented by each patient.

How and where cardiac rehabilitation done?

Cardiac rehabilitation is done in CardioCerc.

Where by reason of residence or other reason can not move to the rehabilitation center, you can make the special rehabilitation program remotely using audiovisual methods and regular checks by CardioCerc or by a cardiologist collaborating center.

Who monitors cardiac rehabilitation?

Throughout the rehabilitation program, the patient performs periodic checks to inform us of the achieved improvement and exercise tolerance.

At the end a report indicating the levels of work achieved and the improvement achieved is issued.