Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab

Who could benefit from Cardiac Rehab?

• Had a heart attack
• Coronary artery disease
• Heart failure
• Peripheral artery disease (PAD)
• Had angioplasty or bypass surgery
• Had another type of heart surgery, such as valve replacement
• Had or plan to have a heart transplant

Benefits of Cardiac Rehab:

• Identifies your risk factors and helps you learn to control them
• Provides you with safe activity and specialized exercise therapy
• Helps you safely resume your usual activities at home
• Increases your knowledge of heart disease so that you will learn to take better care of yourself
• Helps you develop a sense of well-being, improves self-confidence and provides friendship as you and other patients work at improving your heart health
• The program offers you the guidance needed to minimize further heart problems and to restore a healthy heart and a full life 

Pulmonary wellness classes are designed to help you with:

• Asthma
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Sarcoidosis
• Chronic bronchitis
• Emphysema
• Lung transplants
• Bronchiectasis
• Pulmonary insufficiency

Each patient’s blood pressure, heart rate, weight, oxygen saturation, EKG rhythm, and dyspneascale are monitored during the exercise program.

For additional information about the Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab program at Carolina Pines, please call 843.339.4797