People recovering from a cardiac event such as a heart attack, bypass surgery, or other heart-related event, can benefit greatly from cardiac rehabilitation services. Fairview’s comprehensive rehabilitation services help you return to daily life and work at the highest level of independence possible. Through education and exercise, cardiac rehabilitation increases your understanding of heart disease and reduces your risk of further heart-related events.
Our medical team includes cardiologists, nurses, occupational and physical therapists and exercise physiologists. Together, they coordinate your recovery with your primary care physician, critical care nurses, registered dietitians, respiratory therapists, psychologists, social workers and other health care professionals.
Conditions we treat
We treat individuals recovering from:
Treatments we offer
Cardiac rehabilitation generally occurs in three phases. As your heart's function and stamina increase, you can expect to progress from one phase to the next.
In the hospital
Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation begins in the hospital after a heart attack, heart surgery or other heart-related event. We help you begin light activity to increase your exercise tolerance and physical strength. You’ll learn more about your diagnosis and cardiac risk factor., We will help you to improve self-awareness of your body’s response to exertion and help you to return home safely. When you’re able to leave the hospital, you may be referred to outpatient rehabilitation to continue your recovery.
Outpatient Therapy
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation emphasizes exercise and education starts as soon as you leave the hospital. We’ll work with you to:
- improve your cardiovascular fitness and endurance, muscule strength and flexibility
- develop healthy lifestyle habits, including exercise, nutrition and stress management
- modify behaviors that put you at increased risk for further heart-related events
- provide support as you return to activities of daily living and work.
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation is usually held in a group setting three times a week for up to 12 weeks. Your individualized care plan is supervised by cardiac rehabilitation therapists and is monitored by an electrocardiogram, blood pressure readings, heart rate and your rate of perceived exertion.
Maintenance
Some locations provide maintenance rehabilitation programs. The maintenance phase focuses on returning you to independent exercise/physical activities and reinforcing your healthy lifestyle changes. Home programs are tailored to your needs, abilities and the equipment available to you.
Contact information
Fairview Rehabilitation Services offers cardiac rehabilitation services at all seven Fairview hospitals and at clinics throughout the state. Services offered may vary by site. For more information about cardiac rehabilitation services, call the location nearest you. or visit their website.
Burnsville
Fairview Ridges Hospital
201 Nicollet Blvd.
952-892-2527
Edina
Fairview Southdale Hospital
6401 France Ave. S.
952-924-5255
Hibbing
University Medical Center — Mesabi
750 E. 34th St.
218-362-6605
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Medical Center,
Riverside campus
2312 S. 6th Street
612-273-5709
Princeton
Fairview Northland Medical Center
911 Northland Dr.
763-389-6426
Red Wing
Fairview Red Wing Medical Center
701 Fairview Blvd.
651-267-5450
Wyoming
Fairview Lakes Medical Center
5200 Fairview Blvd.
651-982-7843
Comprehensive cardiology services
Our cardiologists are a part of University of Minnesota Physicians. From prevention and treatment of heart disease to heart transplantation, they bring world-class and award-winning cardiovascular services to you. We offer an advanced array of treatment options and have access to the latest research and medical technologies to provide you with the best care available.
Services include:
- cardiology consultations and diagnosis stress testing
- echocardiograms and nuclear imaging coronary angiograms including balloon angioplasty, coronary and drug-eluting stent placement
- clinics that specialize in heart failure and heart rhythm irregularities
- heart surgery and heart transplantation
- left ventricular assist device
- chest pain evaluation
- heart disease prevention
- wellness cardiac rehabilitation programs
For more information about our award-winning heart care visit www.fairview.org/heartcareformn
Related services available at Fairview
- stroke care, weight management and weight-loss surgery, nutrition and dietary consultations;
- sleep medicine and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines;
- diabetes management and diabetes activity programs;
- patient support groups.
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