Anne Arundel Medical Center's Cardiac Rehab Program has helped improve the cardiovascular health and quality of life for 1,235 people since its founding in 1990. The outpatient program emphasizes cardiac fitness, nutritional and psychological care and vocational concerns in a regimen that emphasizes medically supervised exercise as well as education and counseling on cardiac risk factors. Another event planned in recoomition of Cardiac Rehab Week is a patient-staff luncheon at a local restaurant.
Patients are eligible for admission to the program by referral from their physician.
The program is geared to individuals who are recovering from a heart attack or heart surgery, those who have angina or diagnosed coronary artery disease and those with a high risk of developing heart disease because of family history, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels. There are enormously positive results from exercising together and sharing experiences from which others may learn. M.S. Cardiac rehab is reimbursed by most insurance companies.