Alexandra District Health
12 Cooper Street Alexandra, VIC 3714
357720900

Service Overview

Alexandra District Health offers an 8 week Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. The program consists of two exercise sessions and one education session each week. The exercise sessions are supervised by our physiotherapy team. Education sessions focus on improving heart health by managing modifiable lifestyle risk factors. These session are provided by the Primary Health Team including the cardiac nurse, diabetes nurse, dietician and counsellor.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 week (16 sessions) program. Monday and Wednesday afternoon.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 week (16 sessions) program. Monday and Friday afternoon.

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Eligible Patients

Diagnosis

  • Acute coronary syndrome: acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) & stable or unstable angina (chest pain)
  • Coronary heart disease
  • Heart failure
  • Cardiomyopathies
  • Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) - Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
  • Adult congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, peripheral vascular disease

    • Procedures

  • Re-vascularisation - coronary angioplasty or stenting
  • Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
  • Valve surgery
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery: AAA repair, congenital, LVADS, Arrhythmia Surgery or combination