Mater Hospital Cardiac Rehab Townsville
25 Fulham Road Pimlico, QLD 4812
747274650

Service Overview

Cardiac Rehabilitation is a program available to anyone who has had an acute myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass graft, valve surgery), coronary angioplasty/stent or other cardiovascular disease.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

-2 assessments (initial and final) -7-8 supervised exercise sessions (depending on health fund) -1 education day (sessions are delivered from various health disciplines: cardiac nurse, dietician, diabetic educator, pharmacist and psychologist).

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Ongoing. Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Session length one hour.

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