Tweed Heart Failure
Powell Street Tweed Heads, NSW 2485
755067818

Service Overview

The Tweed Hospital Heart Failure Program provides a multidisciplinary approach to both education and heart failure exercise rehab. The program is co-ordinated by a specialist heart failure nurse and physiotherapist over an eight week period. Doctors, nurses, patients and allied health practitioners are welcome to refer patients.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Heart failure patients participate in exercise and education. Education covers a wide range of topics including the benefits of exercise and heart failure self management e.g. diet, salt and fluid restrictions and action plans which keep heart failure patients well longer in their homes.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Eligible Patients

Diagnosis

  • Heart failure
  • Cardiomyopathies
  • >75 with cardiac hx
  • 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