Who Needs Cardiac Rehabilitation?

People of all ages and ethnic backgrounds can benefit from cardiac rehabilitation (rehab). Rehab may help people who have had:

• A heart attack
• Angioplasty (AN-jee-oh-plas-tee) or coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary heart disease
• Heart valve repair or replacement
• A heart transplant or a lung transplant
• Stable angina (an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh)
• Heart failure

Cardiac rehab is equally helpful to both men and women. It can improve your overall health and prevent future heart problems and even death.