Port Augusta Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
71 Hospital Road Port Augusta, SA 5700
886687706

Service Overview

Cardiac Rehabilitation Education and Exercise Program. Classes held twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for 8 weeks.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Monday to Friday. Education to all STEMI, NSTEMI, PCI, High Risk Factors and patients referred for cardiac surgery. Access to multidisciplinary allied health teams.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 week program. Tuesday 0930 exercise 1030 education & Thursday exercise 0930-1030

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Tuesday and Thursday mornings 0830-0930 ongoing. Participants must have completed 8 week Cardiac Rehab Program prior

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