TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A heart attack can happen anywhere and at any time. People recovering from a heart-related incident or even a serious lung illness need proper care to get back to normal.

A Manhasset cardiac rehab patient exercises on the bike while her heart rate and rhythm is remotely monitored, as Sarah Siemers, NP, the program director, reviews the intensity of the workout.

Cardiac rehab saves lives after a heart attack, heart failure, angioplasty, or heart surgery. Rehabilitation typically consists of three key components: exercise counseling and training, education for ...

Velvet Spitler graduated from a cardiac rehab program in January after suffering a near-fatal heart episode while on vacation in July 2024. Initially dismissing her symptoms as heat exhaustion, she ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Following a cardiac event like a heart attack, open heart surgery, or heart failure, a patient that elects to go through a cardiac rehab program will see a 40% reduction in future ...

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Cardiac Rehabilitation R.N. Paula Burket helps Joyce Bassler of Roaring Spring with the settings on a NuStep seated stepper. Editor’s note: John Kasun, who writes a ...

From left, respiratory therapists Andrea Greynolds and Matthew Roush, James Morgan, recovering open heart surgery patient and phase 2 cardiac rehab participant, and Kaitlyn Miller, exercise ...

Less than 10% of adults with heart failure get help in a supervised cardiac rehabilitation setting, says an American Heart Association estimate. Sometimes, it’s that people don’t know this care is ...

Getting patients physically active as early as 2 weeks after a sternotomy for CABG or valve surgery appears to be just as safe and effective as waiting the standard month and a half, according to ...

Each year, the week of Feb. 14 is recognized as cardiac rehabilitation week. This week is designed to celebrate the role of cardiac rehab in reducing the potentially devastating effects of heart ...