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Do you have heart disease?

1 June 2011

Healthy Hearts at Greenslopes Private Hospital provides simple and effective Cardiac Rehabilitation programs individually tailored for people who:

• Have heart disease
  
• Have had a cardiac procedure or surgery
  
• Have risk factors associated with heart disease including being
• overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, lack exercise and/or a family history of heart disease
  
• Have heart failure

Cardiac rehabilitation assists people return to an active and satisfying life and activities through exercise and education. More importantly these programs aid to prevent recurrence of cardiac events such as heart attack. The Healthy Hearts cardiac rehabilitation team are health professionals who have a special interest in heart health including cardiac specialist nurses, exercise physiologists, dieticians, psychologists, pharmacists and occupational therapists. The team work very closely and communicate your progress with your doctor. A medical referral from your doctor is required for participation in the program. For more information please contact the Healthy Hearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Manager on (07) 3394 7727.