The department, accredited with the Regional Health Service, specializes in the rehabilitation of patients recovering from cardiac surgery or an acute cardiac episode (such as, for example, myocardial infarction).
Along with pharmacological treatment, which is always necessary in any case, rehabilitative treatment aims to return the patient to an affective, working, and social living condition that is as normal as possible, compatible with his or her impairment. The key elements on which the cardiologist and his team are called to work are, therefore, actual therapeutic aspects, but also careful assistance with reintegration into work and constant psychological support not limited to the patient alone but extended to family members as well.
Cardiac Rehabilitation is “the sum total of interventions required to ensure the best physical, psychological and social conditions so that patients with chronic or post-acute heart disease can retain or resume their role in society.” By combining the prescription of physical activity with the modification of the patients’ risk profile, this type of rehabilitation ultimately aims to promote clinical stability, reduce the risk of subsequent cardiovascular events and disabilities resulting from heart disease.
