Newcastle Private Hospital
Lookout Road New Lambton Heights, NSW 2305
249418425

Service Overview

Comprehensive outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program. Each session involves comprehensive staged exercise and specific cardiac education.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Comprehensive cardiac inpatient service. Access to inpatient multidisciplinary allied health teams.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

12 session program. Monday and Wednesday 1pm - 2.30pm.

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

1-2 x week. Monday to Friday (8.30 am to 3 pm). Patients must have completed the outpatient program prior to commencing the cardiac rehabilitation maintenance program

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Heart Failure patients can participate in the group cardiac rehabilitation program or be seen individually. They receive education on the benefits of exercise, managing their condition and a staged exercise program.

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
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery: AAA repair, congenital, LVADS, Arrhythmia Surgery or combination