Western Health - Sunshine Hospital
176 Furlong Road Saint Albans, VIC 3021

03 8345 0981 

Service Overview

Cardiac Rehab 6 week program on Tuesdays CHF Rehab 8 week program on Monday and Wednesdays

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

6 Session program. Tuesdays 9.30-11.30 and 10.30-12.30

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 week program, twice weekly Monday and Wednesdays. The program offers a broad range of services including healthy eating plans, tailored exercise programs, stress management, adopting a safe home environment aimed at improving quality of life.

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