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The Heart Disease Recovery & Prevention Program
The heart is the keeper of the rhythm of life. With every beat, blood is propelled through the 60,000-mile network of vessels making up the circulatory system. About 100,000 times a day, the cardiac cycle repeats and sustains life.

The death rate from heart attack --the single largest killer of American men and women-- has been dropping. From 1981 to 1991 it declined more than 32%.
This year, as many as 1.5 million people will have a heart attack. One million will survive. Well over 6 million people alive today have a history of heart attack, angina pectoris or both.

Our comprehensive heart program includes Cardiac Rehabilitation, a recovery program designed for people who have coronary disease, electrical disorders or have had a heart attack, heart surgery or balloon angioplasty.

What is Cardiac Rehabilitation?

Our healthcare professionals work as a team with both the patient and the physician to help achieve the highest possible level of recovery. This is achieved through a medically supervised program of exercise therapy, risk factor intervention, education and emotional support.

How Can Cardiac Rehabilitation Benefit the Patient or Someone They Love?

• Help ease the recovery period for the patient and family
• Provide a safe environment during the recovery phase
• Provide emotional support from experienced and caring healthcare professionals as well as other cardiac patients.
• Identify and help modify risk factors that contribute to Heart Disease
• Aid in the return to a healthy and enjoyable style of living.

While still in the Hospital (Phase 1), our Cardiac Rehabilitation nurse will work with the patient to gradually and safely increase activity levels, provide information about the patient's disease and treatment, answer questions, address concerns and give the patient and family guidelines and instructions for going home.

Cardiac Rehabilitation continues after the patient goes home (Phase 2). The patient returns to the hospital three times a week on an outpatient basis for telemetry monitored exercise therapy, education and dietary counseling. At this level the patient will have the opportunity to interact with other individuals who have also experienced a cardiac event.

A maintenance program (Phase 3) provides the patient with the opportunity to continue an exercise program in a structured, medically supervised environment as long as it is beneficial.

What Kind of Education about Heart Disease is Provided?

A comprehensive educational manual, lectures and video library provide information for the patient and family on the following topics:

• The heart and how it works
• Coronary artery disease
• Identifying and modifying risk factors
• Nutrition and food management
• Cholesterol and fats
• The recommended diet
• Medications
• Principles of exercise
• Stress
• Coping with heart disease: the effect of
  heart disease on the patient and family
  
  Risk Factors for Heart Disease
  Heredity : A tendency toward atherosclerosis and heart disease appears to run in families.
  
  Race : Compared to Caucasians, African-Americans are three times more likely to have severe high blood pressure, which increases the possibility of heart disease.
  
  Male gender : Although heart attacks kill nearly as many women as men in the United States, they tend to strike men earlier in life.
  
  Age : Risk increase with age. Only 5 percent of heart attacks occur in people younger than 40.
  
  Tobacco smoking : The more you smoke, the greater the risk to the heart. On average, smokers are twice as likely as nonsmokers to have a heart attack and two to four times more likely to suffer sudden cardiac death.
  
  High blood cholesterol : The higher the blood cholesterol level, the greater the risk for coronary heart disease. Total blood cholesterol levels below 200 mg/dl are associated with relatively low rates of coronary heart disease.
  
  High blood pressure : Risk of coronary heart disease is lowest among people with an average systolic blood pressure of less than 120, and an average diastolic blood pressure of less than 80.
  
  Physical inactivity : Everything else being equal, coronary heart disease is 1.9 times more likely to develop among physically inactive people than among active people.
  
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Ramkhamhaeng (pronounced ram-cam-hang)  Hospital sits at the center of one of Thailand’s largest and most respected hospital groups. With 350 beds and seven sister hospitals Ramkhamhaeng has the resources, experience and expertise to provide international quality health care at very competitive prices. This combined with a long tradition of Thai hospitality has earned Ramkhamhaeng Hospital the confidence of the people of Thailand, the Region, and the World.

Thailand has gained renown for all forms of cosmetic surgery, cardiac care, and other types of specialized medicine.  Ramkhamhaeng Hospital has many internationally trained doctors with world-class credentials.  In this era of jet travel, computers, and the Internet, Globalized medicine has arrived. We offer world class healthcare in a beautiful tropical setting at a fraction of the cost of the USA or Europe.  If you pay your own medical bills because it is an elective surgery or you are uninsured and don't have or can't get insurance Contact Us.

We have the latest medical equipment, such as
Cardiac Cath, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Spiral CT Scan (Spiral Computerized Tomography Scan) and Ultrasound to support our medical staff in the fast and accurate diagnosis and treatment of disease.

The hospital also has a long history of providing quality specialty clinics like Plastic Surgery, Cardiac Rehabilitation, In Vitro Fertilization + Embryo Transfer, and The Test Tube Baby Clinic.

The hospital specializes in personalized services for all our international visitors.  We will meet you at the airport and escort you to the hospital, walk you through the hospital stay and then escort you back to the airport for your departure.

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