North West Regional Hospital - Mersey campus
Bass Highway Latrobe, TAS 7303
364785364

Service Overview

Eligible clients: stable angina, heart attack, angioplasty/stent, heart failure, pacemaker/implantable defibrillator, cardiac surgery, cardiac risk factors

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

-One-on-one consultation -Weekly exercise and education program Wednesday 0930-1200 (Phase II)

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Phase III consultation only at 3, 6 & 12 months post program

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

One-on-one consultation/education and reviews as necessary, no dedicated HF exercise program. Class I & II can participate in CR exercise program.

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