Cardiac Rehabilitation at West Middlesex Hospital

What is cardiac rehabilitation?

Cardiac Rehabilitation offers you and your family information, support and advice to help get you back on your feet again. It includes exercise and information about healthy lifestyles that helps you to get back to everyday life as quickly as possible. It includes exercise and information about healthy lifestyle choices which can empower you to get back to everyday life as quickly as possible.

It aims to help you:

•  Understand your condition

•  Recover from your surgery or heart attack

• Make changes to your lifestyle that will help to improve your heart health

• Reduce the risk of a heart attack

• Empower you to take responsibility for your health

Who is it for?

Cardiac rehabilitation is available at local leisure centres/hospitals/rehab units around Hounslow and Richmond for anyone who has had:

•  a heart attack

• heart surgery

• heart failure

Cardiac rehabilitation programmes can also help people who have coronary heart disease, including those with angina.

What does the cardiac rehab program comprise of?

Phase 1- This phase takes place while you you are in the hospital. It includes information in the form of written and visual aids.

Phase 2 - after you are discharged from hospital

The community Cardiac Rehabilitation team will contact you either by telephone or letter. Find more information about Hounslow Cardiac rehabilitation programme and Richmond cardiac rehabilitation programme

You will also be invited to attend two clinics:

            1.The Post Invasive follow up clinic: (Lead Specialist Nurse Cardiology) This will be your first visit, you will have an assessment and symptoms and medicines will be         discussed. Investigations may be ordered and further review may be necessary. Staff from the hospital library may visit you when you have your out patient appointment at the hospital to support your health information needs.

        2.The Heart Health Clinic: (Cardiac Physiotherapist and Dietician) You will receive information and advice on heart-healthy lifestyle and guidance tailored to your specific needs.

Phase 3 - (optional exercise classes) The Physiotherapist may discuss these with you at the heart health clinic, if you are well enough you will be offered a place.

Classes are held at the following leisure centres/hospitals/rehab centres. For more information about the classes call 020 8321 6244

Hounslow

    Tues: 1:30pm – 2:30pm at Feltham Assembly Hall

    Tues: 3pm – 4pm at Feltham Assembly Hall

     Thursday: 1:30pm – 2:30pm at Isleworth Leisure Centre

    Thursday: 3pm – 4pm at Isleworth Leisure Centre

 Richmond

    Mon: 10am – 11am at Teddington Memorial Hospital

    Mon: 3:15pm – 4:15pm at Richmond Rehab Unit

     Wed: 9:15am – 10:15am at Teddington Memorial Hospital

    Wed: 11am – 12:00am at Teddington Memorial Hospital

     Fri: 2pm – 3pm at Richmond Rehab Unit

What are the benefits?

Cardiac rehabilitation can:

·       increase your chances of surviving a heart attack or other heart problem

·       increase your ability to be active and exercise

·       help you return to work sooner

·       empower you to get back to a normal lifestyle.

 Find more information

Joining a heart support group can give you and your family support and the opportunity to meet and talk to people who have gone through a similar experience.

Upbeat Heart Support Group: Information Desk at West Mid Hospital

This is situated in the atrium opposite the main reception desk and is staffed every Tuesday and Wednesday by volunteers with free advice and literature available