Welcome to McLaren's Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
If you have had a recent Cardiac Intervention (angioplasty and/or stent placement, heart attack, open heart and/or valve surgery) the Cardiac Rehab department has received an order from your doctor to begin Outpatient Cardiac Rehab. Cardiac Rehab will contact you within approximately four weeks to schedule an appointment for an evaluation. For further questions, or to see if you can schedule an appointment sooner, please contact the Cardiac Rehab department directly at 810-342-2085.
We look forward to helping you get on the road to a healthy heart. Thank you! – McLaren Flint Cardiac Rehab Staff
What is Cardiac Rehab?
Cardiac rehabilitation helps individuals return to the best possible health in the presence of heart disease. Emphasis is placed on helping participants increase their ability to handle cardiovascular activity and improve awareness of health problems. During cardiac rehabilitation sessions, participants are taught to identify how hard they can exert themselves during exercise and while performing daily activities at home.
McLaren’s Cardiac Education and Rehabilitation program promotes heart healthy living. In cooperation with a patient’s primary care physician and/ or cardiologist, a team of specialists specifically trained in cardiac rehab assist the patient in completing different phases of an educational and progressive activities program.
Outpatient Cardiac Rehab
The Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation program is located at McLaren Flint on the hospital’s main floor. This phase emphasizes modifying a patient’s lifestyle to reduce cardiac health risks. A physician referral is required in order to attend this program. The following diagnoses are generally covered by medical insurance companies: coronary artery bypass, valve surgery (TAVR, aortic, mitral repair or replacement), heart attack, stent, angioplasty, or heart transplant.
The rehab program consists of 18 to 36 sessions of an exercise program that is monitored by telemetry (heart monitor). Patients generally begin this rehab program 2 to 4 weeks after discharge from the hospital. Each patient will attend three, one-hour exercise sessions each week for the duration of their individualized cardiac rehab program. During this exercise program, patients are required to wear cardiac monitors which are supervised by McLaren’s team of Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialists. Exercises include a warm up and cool down period that includes the use of treadmills, stationary bicycles, recumbent bicycles and steppers, rowing machines and arm ergometers.
