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Cardiac rehabilitation: The next step in your heart recovery - 04/2019

Cardiac rehabilitation: The next step in your heart recovery
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Abstract

This handout gives information for the patient beginning a cardiac rehabilitation program. It includes benefits, how to get started, how the program works, and a list of cardiac rehab programs in western Washington state. This handout is also a chapter in the manual "Managing Your Heart Condition," which is given to patients who have had a serious type of heart attack called a STEMI (ST-elevated myocardial infarction).

Author
Physical Therapy/Rehab Medicine
Publisher
University of Washington Medical Center
Date Published (original date)
2008
Revision Date
04/2019
General Subject
Patient Care Procedures & Instructions
Rehabilitation
Cardiovascular Disorders
Specific Subject/Keyword
Heart Valve Surgery
Heart Valve
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Heart Surgery
Heart Diseases and Disorders
Heart Transplant
Heart
Languages
English
Record ID
3493