Cardiac rehabilitation
Do you suffer from cardiovascular disease? Has your doctor recommended this method of rehabilitation? Count on our team of healthcare professionals to provide this service in the comfort of your home, with the same guarantees as those offered by a conventional hospital.
Who benefits from this service?
Cardiac and cardiovascular rehabilitation programs are supervised medical programs that help people with heart disease enjoy a better quality of life.
The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology recommend this type of program because it can decrease the risk of future heart problems and reduce the mortality rate associated with these diseases.
Cardiovascular rehabilitation is aimed at individuals who suffer from or have experienced:
- Heart attacks
- Coronary artery disease or peripheral arterial disease
- Heart or valve surgery
- Heart or lung transplant
- Angina
- Heart failure
- Angioplasty and stent placement
How we can assist you
At Galeneo Health, we provide the following cardiovascular monitoring systems for tracking and caring for patients in their homes:
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM):
A portable device that measures blood pressure, providing a more comprehensive insight.
Holter Monitor:
A device that continuously records the heart's electrical activity over an extended period (usually 24 hours or more), helping to identify intermittent arrhythmias.
Portable Electrocardiogram (ECG):
Compact devices that record the heart's electrical activity, assisting the detection of arrhythmias and other heart problems.
Home-based Echocardiogram:
Portable echocardiograms are performed at the patient's home to assess the structure of the heart and its function, allowing for a more detailed assessment without needing to travel to a medical centre.
Pulse Oximeter:
This measures blood oxygen saturation levels and heart rate, useful for assessing respiratory function and circulation.
A team that cares for your heart
Cardiac rehabilitation treatment with Galeneo often involves professionals from a variety of disciplines, including:
Cardiology
At your disposal for consultations held at home or remotely, in collaboration with our referral hospitals.
Nursing and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs)
Dietetics and Nutrition
Benefits and objectives
The aim of these rehabilitation programs is to help patients return to healthy and active day-to-day lives and reduce the risk of future heart problems. Ultimately, they aim to promote a change in lifestyle.
- Improved cardiovascular system
- Enhanced health and quality of life
- Increased levels of physical activity
- Control of risk factors that could cause future heart problems
- Adoption of a heart-healthy diet
- Reduction of stress, blood pressure, and cholesterol
- Improved blood sugar control
- Removal of unhealthy habits, such as smoking
- Weight control or reduction
- Decreased risk of coronary artery disease and other heart conditions
- Increased patient self-control, self-care and general independence, along with a better understanding of the disease
What cardiovascular rehabilitation entails
At Galeneo, we tailor the rehabilitation plan, typically conducted at a rehabilitation centre, to your specific home environment. This program varies for each individual but typically includes:
Medical Care and monitoring
The team of healthcare professionals assesses the patient, monitoring their physical capabilities and medical limitations. This assessment helps determine the risk of cardiac complications during exercise and design a safe and effective cardiac rehabilitation program for each person.
Control of cardiovascular medication
Coordinating the administration of prescribed cardiovascular medication to ensure treatment adherence and the effective control of heart conditions.
Management of cardiovascular risk factors
Guidance on managing factors such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and obesity to prevent the recurrence of cardiovascular events.
Physical exercise
Regular aerobic exercise improves the heart's ability to pump blood, as well as the patient’s overall health. The goal is to reach 70% to 80% of the maximum heart rate. Yoga is sometimes included as it has been shown to be beneficial for heart health.
Healthy eating
This involves planning a diet that will help to combat cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, obesity, or high blood pressure.
Good habits
An educational feature that involves learning to adopt a healthy heart life and avoiding habits like smoking, which are harmful to one’s health. It also advises getting 7 to 9 hours of sleep per day.
What our clients say
Users of our cardiac rehabilitation service state, in their own words, that combining rigor and effectiveness with human quality and empathy is undoubtedly the way to go: