Canberra Hospital
Yamba Drive Phillip, ACT 2606
251243733

Service Overview

Inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehab.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Monday to Friday. Education to all STEMI, NSTEMI, PCI, High Risk Factors and patients referred for cardiac surgery. Post operative education of all cardiac surgery patients.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

6 week program - 2 days a week education and exercise. Morning group at 7am and Midday group at 12pm

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