Cardiac Rehabilitation Services
After a cardiac event, like a heart attack, patients need to make changes to support a heart-healthy way of living. These include taking any prescribed medication as directed, making dietary changes, and participating in a supervised cardiac rehabilitation program.
Cardiac rehab is a physician-prescribed exercise program meant to help patients strengthen their heart muscle, increase their energy, and lose excess weight to maintain a healthy weight.
At UPMC, several hospitals offer cardiac rehab programs, where trained exercise physiologists work with patients on exercise equipment like treadmills and stationary bicycles. They follow a prescribed plan, starting slowly and building up to more moderate levels of exercise.
Cardiac rehab is essential to helping patients start a new lifestyle that includes exercise. It has physical, emotional, and psychological benefits for patients and can help to reduce the chances of a second heart attack.
Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation services are offered
at the following locations: