Princess Alexandra Hospital
Ipswich Road Woolloongabba, QLD 4102
731766318

Service Overview

The Heart Recovery Service at Princess Alexandra Hospital provides support and education for people with cardiovascular disease both in hospital and after discharge. Our service provides care for people who have experienced a cardiac event including cardiac surgery, myocardial infarction(heart attack), angina and heart failure. We offer support through gym programs and close follow up after discharge.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

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

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 session program Wednesday and Friday mornings

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Inpatient education on self management strategies for heart failure. Access to multidisciplinary allied health teams. 12 week outpatient exercise and education program Tuesday and Friday followed by 9 month maintenance program Tuesday morning. Medication titration clinic by Nurse Practitioner

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