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Cardiac Rehabilitation<\/strong><\/h1>\nHospital Cl\u00ednico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Services” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||31px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” link_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#fa546d” link_font_size=”22px” link_line_height=”1.5em” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.4em” header_6_font=”Montserrat|600||on|||||” header_6_text_color=”#ffb342″ header_6_font_size=”16px” header_6_letter_spacing=”2px” header_6_line_height=”1.5em” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”700px” max_width_last_edited=”off|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”|||” header_2_font_size_tablet=”” header_2_font_size_phone=”24px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit of Hospital Cl\u00ednico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria<\/strong> was established in 1999. Its activities began with low-risk patients at Carranque Health Centre and progressed to the treatment of moderate and high-risk patients in 2003. <\/span><\/p>\n The Unit is a multidisciplinary team<\/strong> (cardiologists, rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapists, nurses, psychologists, family doctors, nutritionists, endocrinologists, urologists) who work as a team to achieve their ultimate goal: the correction of cardiovascular risk factors, the adoption of heart-friendly exercise habits <\/strong>, and the ultimate goal of achieving a heart-healthy lifestyle<\/strong> for effective secondary prevention. <\/p>\n The WHO defines cardiac rehabilitation as “the coordinated sum of interventions required to favorably influence the disease, ensuring the best physical, psychological, and social conditions, so that patients, by their own means, can maintain or resume their activities in society optimally. Rehabilitation should not be considered an isolated therapy, but rather integrated into the overall treatment of heart disease, of which it forms only one facet” (1993).<\/p>\n There is sufficient scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation programmes, as they reduce cardiac mortality<\/strong> (26-34%), non-fatal cardiac events (46%), and overall mortality (20%), while also improving exercise capacity, helping control high blood pressure and high cholesterol as well as levels of depression and anxiety<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit is innovative in its coordination with Primary Care from Phase II. Once assessed by the Unit’s physicians (cardiologist and rehabilitation specialist), low risk patients are referred to the Carranque Health Centre, where they receive treatment in the physiotherapy room, under supervision of a family doctor and a physiotherapist from the health centre. Moderate and high-risk patients are treated at the hospital, where there is direct, close supervision, continuous electrocardiographic monitoring during physical exercise<\/strong> and participation of the entire multidisciplinary team. <\/span> <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_icon font_icon=”T||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_toggle title=”OUR RESULTS” open_toggle_text_color=”#0c71c3″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#fcfcfc” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#0c71c3″ title_level=”h4″ title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Since our Unit opened, it has assessed 960 patients, 460 of whom have participated in the cardiac rehabilitation programme<\/strong>. The characteristics of the approximately 460 Phase II patients are as follows: <\/p>\n The predominant cardiovascular risk factors were smoking (85%), hypercholesterolemia (68%), hypertension (40%), diabetes (21%), and sedentary lifestyle (70%). <\/span><\/p>\n After the Phase II cardiac rehabilitation programme, 90% improved<\/strong> their functional capacity<\/strong>, measured with an exercise stress test. At the end of the programme, the best controlled cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) were: <\/p>\n Long-term:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”INDICATIONS FOR CARDIAC REHABILITATION” open_toggle_text_color=”#0c71c3″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#fcfcfc” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#0c71c3″ title_level=”h4″ title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nCardiac Rehabilitation<\/h2>\n
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