The cardiac disease risk management service is a multi-disciplinary team which provides support for patients and their families throughout their experience of heart disease, both in the hospital and the community.
If you have recently undergone cardiac surgery or had a cardiac event then participation in a cardiac disease risk management programme is recommended by your cardiac consultant as part of your recovery and management.
It is widely acknowledged and accepted that participation in such a programme reduces both cardiovascular mortality and episodes of acute hospitalisation while improving the quality of life of patients. It aims to promote the recovery and long standing secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. It encompasses monitoring exercise, education, psychosocial aspects and a medical approach to secondary prevention.
- A heart attack
- Coronary angioplasty with or without stenting
- A diagnosis of coronary artery disease that is medically managed
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Coronary valve surgery
- Heart failure
- Cardiac defibrillators or resynchronisation device implanted
- Lifestyle risk factor management
- Physical activity and exercise
- Diet
- Smoking cessation
- Psychosocial health
- Cardioprotective therapies
- Medical risk factor management
- Long term management
The cardiac disease risk management team offers advice and information to patients during their admission. Following discharge, telephone contact is made within three working days to discuss recovery and arrange an appointment in the cardiac disease risk management clinic within the next two weeks. If you have been referred to us via another hospital, for example following cardiac surgery, we will contact you by telephone within the first two weeks of that discharge.
What to expect:
This is an hour long appointment with one of the team’s cardiac nurses and cardiac exercise professionals. It’s an opportunity for you to discuss your diagnosis and any symptoms or concerns you may have had since your discharge.
- An assessment of your pulse, blood pressure, weight, height & waist.
- A review of your medications will be completed & recommendations made to your GP for any changes to these in line with current evidence and NICE guidelines.
- Possible risk factors and lifestyle choices will be assessed and goals agreed to facilitate healthier decisions for the future, alongside achievement of evidence-based targets for blood pressure and cholesterol management.
- A physical assessment will be undertaken and may include a simple functional test.
- Opportunity for individual dietetic appointments with the team’s dietician.
- Assessment of psychological health. Opportunity for individual appointment with the team’s clinical psychologist.
- A date for commencement of one of the eight week cardiac disease risk management programmes will be given.
At each session your blood pressure and pulse are checked pre and post exercise. Regular review of medication and risk factors will occur throughout the eight weeks.
The exercise component includes a 10 minute warm up followed by 20 minutes of cardiovascular circuit based exercise and then a 10 minute cool down. The cardiac exercise professional is able to design the exercise to meet any individual needs and will progress the level of exercise accordingly.
Following this a 10 minute relaxation session takes place.
The education element is attached to each programme once a week and is a rolling programme as follows:
- Understanding heart disease – cardiac nurse
- Reducing your risk for the future – cardiac nurse
- Skills for life – cardiac nurse• Exercise and activity – cardiac exercise professional
- Exercise for the future – What next? – cardiac exercise professional
- Healthy eating for the heart – dietician
- Stress and lifestyle – clinical psychologist
- Medication – pharmacist
All programmes run for eight weeks with attendance twice a week. One session each week lasts for approximately 1½ hours and the other for 2½ hours , as it includes the education element.
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More information
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半岛体育 Park Hospital
Address:
Portsmouth Road
半岛体育
GU16 7UJPlease be aware that the department is situated approximately ¼ mile walking distance from main reception. Please aim to arrive at least 10 minutes prior to your appointment time.
If you cannot walk this distance without getting breathless or distressed, please do not start walking. Wheelchairs are available in the car parks and just inside the main reception entrance doors, alternatively please ask at the main reception desk for a porter to take you to your appointment.
Follow the red hearts on the walls along the corridors. From the main entrance go left into the yellow corridor and right into the green corridor. Stay on the ground floor until you reach the lift/stairs at the end of the corridor.
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Wexham Park Hospital
Address:
Wexham
Slough
SL2 4HL
The following seven presentations are to support the education element of the cardiac disease risk management programme.
The home exercise programme tab contains the three videos to support the home monitoring exercise programme.
Warm up
Circuit
Cool down
Guided relaxation soundtrack