Cardiac Rehabilitation

Health Science Campus • Henry L. Morse Center
3065 Arlington Avenue • Phone: 419.383.5378 •  utmc.webmaster@utoledo.edu 
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Cardiac Rehabilitation

UTMC’s cardiac rehabilitation program has the largest facility in the area and is the only program currently operating in Toledo. The cardiac rehabilitation staff members are board certified by the American College of Sports Medicine.

Cardiac rehabilitation is recommended for patients who have:

  • Suffered a heart attack
  • Undergone interventional procedures like angioplasty, coronary stents or coronary bypass surgery
  • Have a diagnosis of congestive heart failure
  • Had heart valve surgery
  • Had a heart transplant
  • Been diagnosed with stable angina

UTMC’s cardiac rehabilitation program focuses on “the four E’s:"

  • Exercise:
    Patients of UTMC’s cardiac rehabilitation program undergo therapy in an electrocardiogram (EKG) – monitored exercise program three times a week for 12 weeks. To ensure that a patient’s exercise program is safe and effective, all patients undergo a cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) test at the beginning and end of the program to evaluate their work capacity.

  • Eat right:
    A healthy diet is essential to improving or maintaining heart health. UTMC’s cardiac rehab program has a dedicated dietician who develops a personalized eating plan for each patient.

  • Educate:
    Educating patients is a very important aspect of cardiac rehabilitation. When patients understand the nature of their cardiovascular disease, how it develops and how it can be controlled, they are learning how to take better care of themselves.

    In UTMC’s cardiac rehabilitation program, patients meet one-on-one with physicians, nurses, dieticians and exercise physiologists. They attend lectures on a range of topics related to heart health and have one-on-one sessions with professionals who teach on topics such as smoking cessation, controlling diabetes and stress management.

  • Effectively manage stress:
    Patients need to first identify the levels and nature of stress they may be experiencing. Then patients are helped in determining how they can do a better job of managing the different stresses in their lives. The cardiovascular rehab staff helps patients choose and employ daily strategies for managing various types of life stressors.

Cardia Rehab Dr. Badenhop was recently featured on UT Matters.