Caulfield Hospital
260 Kooyong Road Caulfield, VIC 3162
390766260

Service Overview

Coronary artery disease and heart failure education and exercise programs.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

12 session program - twice weekly for 6 weeks. Program days Tuesday - Friday 9.00am-12.30pm

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Heart failure patients receive education on the benefits of exercise, managing of their condition and access to a staged exercise rehabilitation program. 12 week program. Twice a week for 8 weeks and once/week for 4 weeks. A Home based program is also offered.

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)
  • Procedures

  • Re-vascularisation - coronary angioplasty or stenting
  • Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
  • Valve surgery
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery,