Northern Beaches Health Service Cardiac Rehab
20 Coronation Street Mona Vale, NSW 2103
299986180

Service Overview

Education and Exercise Classes. Exercise classes twice weekly for 6 weeks, includes aerobic exercise and use of stationary bikes and treadmills. Run by Exercise Physiologists, with Cardiac Nurse supervision. Pre and Post assessment. Multidiscipliary education sessions. Available for all patients post Cardiac Event - AMI, angiography and stenting, bypass and valvular surgery, in the Acute phase of recovery.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

12 session program. Tuesday & Thursday 11.45am-1.30pm. Multi disciplinary education sessions each month.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Education only. Multidisciplinary incl - Diet, social work, OT and exercise physiologist. Sessions held once a month.

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)
  • Heart failure
  • Cardiomyopathies

    • 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