Joondalup Health Campus Cardiac Rehabilitation
Shenton Avenue Joondalup, WA 6027
894009953

Service Overview

Joondalup Health Campus offers a comprehensive cardiovascular and secondary prevention service including: Telephone follow-up, in patient education and support as requested by the Cardiology Consultant. Multi-disciplinary education– 6 sessions running at 11 am each Friday at Joondalup Health Campus & phase 2 exercise programme– sessions twice weekly for 8 weeks, at HBF Arena or Craigie Leisure Centre. Private patients are offered an individualised consultation and exercise programme with HCwa

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Secondary prevention education and heart foundation literature given prior to discharge, including the My Heart My Life booklet for ACS patients and Living With Chronic Heart Failure for HF patients. All patients referred to the cardiac rehabilitation service and allied health services as required.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

A secondary prevention telephone consultation is made to all ACS patients, elective PCI's and those requiring cardiac surgery. All patients are offered multidisciplinary education sessions each Friday at the hospital and referred to a supervised community based exercise programme as required.

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Telephone follow up and on going community physiotherapy as required, including a home based exercise programme

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Heart failure patients are educated on how to manage their condition prior to discharge and the heart foundation literature is given. This is followed by a telephone consultation to reinforce heart failure management, compliance and the benefits of 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
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery: AAA repair, congenital, LVADS, Arrhythmia Surgery or combination