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Cardiac rehabilitation: articles and guides
Supervised conditioning after a heart event or cardiac surgery, and with heart failure.
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Cardiac Cardiac What are the phases of cardiac rehabilitation?
Cardiac rehabilitation usually runs in stages: early mobilisation and education in hospital, a recovery period at home, a supervised exercise and education programme over several weeks, and long-term maintenance of an active, heart-healthy lifestyle. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions and heart attacks in people with coronary heart disease.Read moreCardiac Is exercise safe with heart failure?
For people with stable heart failure, supervised and personalised exercise is safe and recommended. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions and improves quality of life. Programmes start gently, are adjusted to symptoms and medicines, and gradually build aerobic fitness and strength. Worsening breathlessness, swelling or rapid weight gain need medical review before continuing.Read moreCardiac What is recovery like after heart bypass surgery?
Most people spend several days in hospital after heart bypass surgery and recover over a few months. The breastbone takes several weeks to heal. Gradually increasing walking, attending cardiac rehabilitation and following advice on arm use and driving support recovery. Less restrictive arm precautions gave similar results in a trial.Read more
