Cardiac rehabilitation is a program designed to restore individuals following cardiac surgery, acute myocardial infarction, coronary interventional procedures, or those with angina pectoris or multiple coronary risk factors, to their optimal physiologic, psychosocial, and vocational level. A major goal is to prevent the progression or reversal of the underlying atherosclerotic process by modification of risk factors including smoking, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, sedentary lifestyle and Type A behavior.

There are four phases of cardiac rehabilitation. Phase I is the hospital inpatient period designed to mobilize patients out of bed and introduce education material for risk factor modification. Phase II is an outpatient, 12 week, monitored program staffed by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of physicians, nurses, exercise physiologists, dietitians and counselors. Phase II is based primarily on exercise with a strong emphasis on education and stress management with a direct goal of lifestyle behavioral changes. Phases III and IV are maintenance programs with less supervision and indefinite duration to help ensure long term compliance.

Benefits of cardiac rehabilitation include improvement in exercise tolerance and cardiovascular fitness, improvement in psychological well being, smoking cessation, weight control, improved blood pressure, diabetes control, and improved lipid profile.

Cardiac rehabilitation programs are considered extremely safe with very minimal risks of complication. The time, effort, and commitment to a cardiac rehabilitation program will pay off in modifying the life long effects of atherosclerosis.

Phase	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Phase I	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient
Phase II	7:00A-5:30P	None	7:00A-5:30P	None	7:00A-5:30P
Phase III	Hours vary	Hours vary	Hours vary	Hours vary	Hours vary
Phase IV	Hours vary	Hours vary	Hours vary	Hours vary	Hours vary

Phase	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Phase I	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient
Phase II	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P	None	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P	None	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P
Phase III	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P	None	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P	None	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P
Phase IV	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P	None	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P	None	7:00A-12:00N 2:30P-5:30P

Phase	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Phase I	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient
Phase II	8:00A-4:00P	None	8:00A-4:00P	None	8:00A-4:00P
Phase III	7:00A-6:30P	3:30P-6:00P	7:00A-6:00P	3:30P-6:00P	7:00A-5:00P
Phase IV	None	None	None	None	None

Phase	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Phase I	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient
Phase II	7:30A-4:30P	None	7:30A-4:30P	None	7:30A-4:30P
Phase III	None	11:30A-4:30P	None	11:30A-4:30P	None
Phase IV	None	None	None	None	None

Phase	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Phase I	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient
Phase II	6:30A-3:30P	None	6:30A-3:30P	None	6:30A-3:30P
Phase III	None	None	None	None	None
Phase IV	None	None	None	None	None

Phase	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Phase I	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient	In-patient
Phase II	12:30P-4:30P	None	12:30P-4:30P	None	12:30P-4:30P
Phase III	None	None	None	None	None
Phase IV	8:00A-12:00P	None	8:00A-12:00P	None	8:00A-12:00P

Phase	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Phase I	None	None	None	None	None
Phase II	11:00A-4:00P	None	11:00A-4:00P	None	11:00A-4:00P
Phase III	None	11:00A-3:00P	None	11:00A-3:00P	None
Phase IV	None	None	None	None	None