>> MIKE: GIVE YOUR HEART A
LITTLE TLC LIKE THESE FOLKS ARE
DOING.
ALSO WATCHING OUR SHOW
THAT WILL GET YOUR HEART IN
SHAPE?
>> I CERTAINLY AYE GUY.
>> MIKE: GOING TO TALK ABOUT
HEART AND VASCULAR
REHABILITATION.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> WE LIKE TO CALL IT CARDIAC
REHABILITATION.
IT'S OFFERED AT DOWNTOWN BAPTIST
AS WELL AS A SECOND LOCATION IN
STONE OAK THAT'S GOING TO BE
OPENING UP AT THE END OF A
MONTH.
AND QUITE SIMPLY, IT'S A MONITOR
ED OUTPATIENT BASED PROGRAM.
THE MAIN COMPONENT OF COURSE IS
EXERCISE TRAINING WHERE PATIENTS
RECEIVE THIS TRAINING IN A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE
MONITORED.
NOW, THIS IS NOT MY WORKOUT
REGIMEN.
THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS HAD
A --
>> THIS IS A PHASE 2 PROGRAM
AFTER A PATIENT HAS HAD SOME
SORT OF AN EVENT AND THE EVENTS
THEY COULD HAVE HAD WOULD HAVE
BEEN A PRIOR HEART ATTACK, A
REVASCULARIZATION PROCEDURE SUCH
AS A STENT, WHICH IS A METAL
SCAFFOLDING THAT OPENS UP A
BLOCKED ARTERY, BYPASS SURGER
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PARKS
STABLE ANGINA OR HEART
TRANSPLANT PATIENTS ARE ALL
CANDIDATES FOR THIS THERAP
>> MIKE: JUST WHAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT THERE.
SO HOW SOON AFTER SOMEBODY HAS
CORONARY BYPASS.
THAT'S WHEN THEY CRACK OPEN THE
CHEST.
YOU WANT THEM GOING ON THIS
QUICKLY.
RIGHT?
>> YOU WANT THEM UP WALKING
RIGHT AWAY.
2 OR 3.
THAT'S PHASE ONE.
BUT THIS STARTS TWO MONTHS INTO
THEIR RECOVERY AFTER THE HEART
BYPASS SURGERY.
SOMETIMES IT STARTS EARLIER
AFTER A HEART ATTACK OR A STENT
WHICH IS LACE INVASIVE.
SO GENERALLY, IT'S 36 ONE-HOUR
SESSIONS, USUALLY THREE DAYS A
WEEK FOR 12 WEEKS.
THAT'S CONSIDERED PHASE TWO
CARDIAC REHAB.
THE TEAM ENCOMPASSES PHYSICIANS,
NURSES, EXERCISE SCIENTISTS,
NUTRITIONISTS, AND
PSYCHOLOGISTS.
>> WHAT ELSE?
ANOTHER GRAPHIC HERE?
CAN FOLKS EXPECT FROM THIS
PROGRAM.
>> WELL, EXERCISE AND EDUCATION
SOUND GREAT, WHAT DOES IT REALLY
TRANSLATE INTO FOR THE PATIENT?
THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING THING
ABOUT CARDIAC REHABILITATION.
THERE'S BEEN STUDIES, NUMEROUS
STUDIES OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS
SHOWING A REDUCTION IN
MORTALITY.
IN FACT, AT FIVE YEARS, SOMEONE
WHO HAD A HEART ATTACK HAS A 50%
REDUCTION IN MORTALITY COMPARED
TO THOSE PATIENTS WHO DIDN'T
UNDERGO CARDIAC REHAB.
THEN YOU GET ALL OF THE OTHER
BENEFITS SUCH AS REDUCED
HOSPITALIZATIONS, REDUCED
RECURRENT HEART ATTACKS, QUALITY
OF LIFE IN IMPROVES WITH CARDIAC
REHABILITATION.
AND THIS HAS ALL BEEN PROVEN IN
GOOD MEDICAL STUDIES.
>> MIKE: I REMEMBER IN THE PAST,
IF SOMEBODY HAD A HEART ATTACK,
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW
eALMOST 2 1/2 STRIKES AGAINST
THEM RIGHT THERE.
IT'S NOT THE CASE.
>> 50 YEARS AGO, BEDREST FOR 30
DAYS AFTER A HEART ALE TACK.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
WE KNOW THAT EXERCISE IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
>> MIKE: WE SAW FOLKS ON A
TREADMILL.
YOU CAN DO IT AT THE GYM, MOST
EVERYBODY DOES.
BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT --
OBVIOUSLY, WORKOUT REGIMEN AND
DIFFERENT TIME AND PACES AND
YOU'RE NOT --
>> STARTS SLOW AND -- THEY'RE
NOT TRYING TO TRAIN FOR THE MINI
MARATHON OR HALF MARATHON.
BUT THE PATIENTS DO GET TO THAT
POINT WHERE AFTER THEY'VE
COMPLETED 12 WEEKS, THEY CAN
ACTUALLY GO TO PHASE THREE,
WHICH IS ACTUALLY LONG-TERM
EXERCISE TRAINING, SOME OF WHICH
MAY DO PRETTY INTENSE EXERCISE.
>> MIKE: A FREE HEALTH CAMPAIGN
RUNNING THIS MONTH.
>> 28 DAYS OF HEART.
THE WEBSITE IS OUT THERE.
BASICALLY EVERY DAY YOU CAN
RECEIVE AN E-MAIL TIP ON SOME
SORT OF HEART HEALTHY LIFE STYLE
CHANGE.
>> MIKE: YOU CAN CALL833-277-