Cardiac Rehabilitation Department: Lifestyle and Recovery

The cardiac rehabilitation department is one of the most important wards of the center that helps the patients to have a **healthy lifestyle**, including **exercise, improving nutritional habits, reducing emotional stress, etc.** The rehabilitation department occupies spacious rooms with a soothing environment and advanced equipment.

Rehabilitation Phases and Patient Groups

The treatment plan in the cardiac rehabilitation ward includes **Phase I** (inpatient consultancy) and **Phase II** (structured program). The long-term treatment includes **Phase III and IV**, which can be done out of the hospital too.

In Phase I, patients refer for essential consultancy on the last day of admission. Most of the patients have **ischemic heart disease** who have undergone **coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)** or **percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)**, or the patients with **heart failure**. The other groups of patients include **heart transplant, valvular disease, and peripheral vascular diseases**.

Phase I Team and Consultancy:

In Phase I, a nurse, a psychologist, and a nutritionist do the initial consultancy to **improve eating habits, learn to control emotional stress, manage depression and anxiety, and start physical activity**. Patients are then referred to the doctor for reevaluating their physical health, doing an exercise test, and planning for exercise at the hospital. Paraclinical tests and evaluations are ordered if necessary.