Blacktown District Hospital - Cardiac Rehabilitation
Marcel Crescent Blacktown, NSW 2148
02 8670 5587

Service Overview

6 week program for Acute Coronary Syndrome, Hearfailure NY 1 and2,Post CABG,PPM,AICD,Stemi/nonstemi,Angiogram /stent insertion, Valve repair/replacements and other cardiac conditions.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

weekly Visits to cardiac wards to provide education pre CABG,provide brochures for cardiac rehab and education of patients and their families as required.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

12 session program Monday and Wednesday 0700 -1000

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

2 x week Monday and Wednesday 1000-1200 for people who have completed the 6 week program.

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

New York classification 1 and 2 and by referral from heart failure service ,access to a 3 month program and education re:fluid management, education about exercise.

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
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery: AAA repair, congenital, LVADS, Arrhythmia Surgery or combination