The Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit of the Department of Health of Dénia -DSD- has treated more than 350 patients in the four years it has been in operation, taking into account the two years of pandemic in 2020 and 2021. It is a consolidated program in our Department both in patients who have suffered a heart attack and in patients included in the heart failure program.
After the coronary accident, the patients are subjected to a stress test to find out their resistance threshold and they are prescribed personalized physical exercise, which they do in the hospital two or three days a week. Physical activity time combines aerobic exercise and resistance exercise.
The exercises are carried out in groups of 3-4 patients; which, according to the head of Cardiology of the DSD, Dr. Alfonso Valle, “is very beneficial, since it provides important psychological support by empathizing with other patients in the same situation. In addition, the program must include an educational part on healthy lifestyle habits, cardiovascular disease and self-care”.
Dr. Valle assures that “there is a false belief that, after a cardiac event, physical exercise should not be done. A sedentary lifestyle is the most inappropriate attitude. Hence, cardiac rehabilitation programs enjoy great scientific evidence in reducing the morbidity and mortality of coronary disease and heart failure." For this reason, adds the Head of Cardiology of the DSD, "hospital rehabilitation programs reduce new events by 20-25% and also allow the patient to be prepared for the so-called phase III, when they continue to do physical activity on an outpatient basis, unsupervised" .
After 8-12 weeks of rehabilitation, a new consultation with the cardiologist and specialized nursing, a global evaluation is carried out with control of risk factors, prescribed treatment and other parameters. The patient, after completing the face-to-face program, must continue the healthy habits acquired during the 2-3 months of the face-to-face program, since phase III of rehabilitation will be for the rest of life.
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