HM Nou Delfos promotes the quality of life of its patients with cardiovascular diseases through a Rehabi Program

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When a person suffers a myocardial infarction or undergoes surgery to treat a heart condition, it can be difficult for them to recover their normal life despite having the problem completely overcome and this fact can even trigger a mental health problem due to the fear of relapse. or suffer a serious episode.

To help the patient regain confidence and support him in his recovery by providing him with the tools that will allow him to carry out most of the activities to which he was accustomed, even in a controlled manner, the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit of HM Nou Delfos has designed and implemented A multidisciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation program is underway which, as indicated by the person in charge of this new unit, Dr. Carme Ollé, has the objective of “helping people who suffer from a heart problem to recover from their illness, overcome cardiac surgery , improve their physical capacity, reduce symptoms, promote healthy living and prevent future cardiac events while promoting a lower hospital readmission rate and optimizing hospital resources.”

Physical exercise and healthy habits, the basis

The Cardiac Rehabilitation Program designed by HM Nou Delfos includes the practice of physical exercise, both at an aerobic and resistance level, which contributes to strengthening the heart and improving cardiovascular resistance; educational advice on healthy and cardiovascular habits and action on risk factors to avoid a relapse or repetition of a serious cardiac episode.

In this way, an improvement in health, well-being and quality of life is promoted, which leads to a greater capacity to exercise and benefits the lipid profile, body mass index, weight, blood pressure, resting frequency and survival to while reducing the risk factors for myocardial infarction. Likewise, it is associated with a more stable sleep rhythm and a reduction in anxiety and depression.

Personalized and monitored

This Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is aimed at all patients who have a cardiac pathology and are compensated. To do this, “they are previously evaluated by the cardiologist, who determines their hemodynamic status and whether they require any type of adaptation to the program. This phase, on many occasions, is carried out in a hospital, before the surgical intervention,” explains Dr. Ollé.

The program is completely personalized, as it adapts to the needs of the patient and he is “monitored at all times so that the specialist can follow the rhythm of the vital signs, that is, blood pressure, heart rate, power of effort , etc., and check that they follow the appropriate progression in case any variation should be applied,” adds Dr. Ollé.

The HM Nou Delfos Cardiac Rehabilitation Program lasts 2-3 months and is carried out on an outpatient basis, but it is recommended to continue it afterwards in a sports center or at home, but always under the supervision of a professional.

The medical director of HM Nou Delfos, Dr. Julio García Prieto, states that “this project launched by the new Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit is another example of the coordinated work carried out by the different specialists at HM Nou Delfos to offer multidisciplinary care. to our patients, since in this case, it involves cardiologists, rehabilitation doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, nutritionists and psychologists. “This encourages a comprehensive approach to patient care and allows us to effectively address the different needs of each patient.”

The territorial director of HM Hospitales in Catalonia, Dr. Lidón Millá, for her part, assures that “the creation of the new Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit and the launch of its program means that we can continue increasing our offer of highly specialized care, one of the main bets of HM Hospitales. This differential factor allows us to diagnose with maximum precision and offer the patient very specific approaches to very specific pathologies or health problems.”