In this episode:

• Cardiac rehabilitation is a program that helps patients make healthy lifestyle changes
• The program involves support, exercise, and education to help strengthen the heart, and is safe and comfortable for people of all ages and fitness levels
• Health professionals are too occupied to address all the issues after such life changing cardiac events, they’d best recommend patients enrol in this currently under-utilised service and resource

Guest: Ann Kirkness, Clinical Nurse Consultant

Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator

Total time: 25 mins

Recommended resources:

• Heart Research Australia
• Heart Health Club | Heart Research Australia
• Facebook: Heart Health Club
• Webinar: Heart disease in women, it’s time to talk about it | Heart Research Australia
• Videos: Men’s and Women’s Heart Health | Heart Research Australia
• Cardiac Video Series | Heart Research Australia
• Find a cardiac rehabilitation service near you | Heart Foundation
• You and your heart surgery | Royal North Shore & Ryde Health Service
• Your and your heart | Royal North Shore & Ryde Health Service

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