Question:
Whats "cardiac rehab" ??
- I suffered 3 heart attacks in 2003, yet the only follow up for rehab was
a physiotherapy appointment ( 4 months afterwards ) that was subsequently
cancelled. The U.K. is abysmally poor in this area...
Answer:
I think this might depend on which part of the UK you live in. My husband
had his CABG op in Middlesbrough and six weeks of cardiac rehab seemed
to be available to most people who had surgery there and the catchment area
covered most of the north east / north. There is also what they call "Stage
4 cardiac rehab" which seems to be run at sports centres but they like you
to have done "Stage 3" at the hospital first. [It might be worth ringing a
few of your local sports centres and asking if they do it.]
I was also under the impression that a treadmill test was standard for
people six weeks after a heart attack.
I agree that there is no follow up from cardiologists etc. and very little
from GPs.
