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Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the sum of activity and interventions required to ensure the best possible physical, mental, and social conditions so that patients with chronic or post-acute cardiovascular disease may, by their own efforts, preserve or resume their proper place in society and lead an active life". [1]
Door leading to a CCU in Kerala. A coronary care unit (CCU) or cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) is a hospital ward specialized in the care of patients with heart attacks, unstable angina, cardiac dysrhythmia and (in practice) various other cardiac conditions that require continuous monitoring and treatment.
Fellowship training is offered in cardiology (adult and pediatric), cardiac surgery, [16] and breast oncology. [19] Each year, more than 400 residents, 600 medical students, and 800 nursing students train at Advocate Christ Medical Center. [20] The hospital is accredited for Clinical Pastoral Education by the Council for Higher Education ...
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Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the range of specialist services provided by the hospital was expanded, including the addition of rehabilitation and cardiac units. [ 5 ] During the 1990s, the hospital sold undeveloped land on the north west of the site allowing the development of the Southern Highlands Private Hospital, which opened in 1996. [ 8 ]
The FDA approved the OPTIMIZER Smart System, which delivers cardiac contractility modulation therapy, as indicated to improve 6-minute hall walk distance, quality of life, and functional status of NYHA Class III heart failure patients who remain symptomatic despite guideline directed medical therapy, who are in normal sinus rhythm, are not indicated for cardiac resynchronization therapy, and ...
Rehabilitation is a relatively new medical specialty, becoming certified as such in 1947. [6] Immediately following World War II, which had a significant impact on the specialty of rehabilitation, General Omar Bradley, the head the Veterans Administration, recruited Dr. Paul Magnuson, [7] a U.S. Army orthopaedic surgeon, who created the infrastructure for the VA to provide rehabilitation for ...