Grafton Base Hospital
Arthur Street Grafton, NSW 2460
266418750

Service Overview

Both Cardiac Rehab + Heart Failure programmes available - Group or Individual Cardiac Rehab - 6 week programme - one morning per week (Thursdays) involving exercise and education Heart Failure - Home based programme - individually planned

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

6 session Group programme. Thursday 08:45am - 11:00am or Individual programme

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Group session. Wednesday 09:00am - 10:00am Prior approval required to join

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Home based or Clinic based - Individual programme

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