The cardiac rehabilitation programme is designed for those people who have suffered a recent heart attack (myocardial infarction) and/or have undergone coronary intervention: stent or heart surgery (including valve surgery).
It involves:
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individual assessment of risk factors
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education
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support for the patient and family
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a hospital-based, structured and supervised exercise programme of between four and eight weeks (one session per week).
The team consists of a cardiac rehabilitation clinical nurse specialist, who has overall responsibility for the service, and a senior physiotherapist responsible for the exercise prescription component.
A pharmacist, dietician and clinical psychologist also contribute to the educational sessions.
