Patients will discover their strengths and deficiencies while adjusting their lifestyles for optimal health. Resume normal activities of work and leisure. Due to improved lifestyle, many patients feel better and may have greater physical capacities than before their cardiac event. Heart Disease Heart Disease claims over 500,000 lives in the United States annually. An additional 1,500,000 Americans suffer heart attacks.
Most patients return to their usual activities within a few months after a heart attack of surgery.
Cardiac rehabilitation monitors and improves the recovery. These goals are accomplished through treatments by nurses, physicians, health educators, physical therapists, dietitians, social workers, and others. Cardiac Rehabilitation provides exercise prescriptions to increase physical activity and fitness. Many programs offer medically supervised and monitored exercise. For heart patients, exercise lessens the risk and severity of another attack.