Admitting Diagnosis for Cardiac Rehab

Primary Diagnosis for Cardiac Rehab

There are six primary diagnoses for the Cardiac Rehab program including Angina, Heart Attack, Chronic Heart Failure (CHF), Stent- PCI, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart/Lung Replacement.

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Chronic Heart Failure

What are the primary risk factors for cardiovascular disease?

The Primary Risk Factors are listed below:

Age: 45 years or older in men and 55 years or older in women
Family History: Heart Attack, Coronary Revascularization or Sudden Death before the age of 55 years in father or brother or 65 years in mother or sister.
Smoking Cessation: Not Smoking or being exposed to environmental tobacco smoke within 6 months.
Physical Inactivity (Sedentary): Not meeting the guidelines of moderate-intensity physical activity, 3 days a week for at least 3 months.
Obesity: Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater, waist girth greater than 102 cm (40 inches) in men or greater than 88 cm (35 inches) in women.
Hypertension (high blood pressure): Systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure greater than 80 mmHg. (Medication for high blood pressure)
Dyslipidemia (cholesterol): Low-density Lipoproteins (LDL) greater than or equal to 130 mg/dL, High-density Lipoproteins are less than 40 mg/dL and/or total cholesterol is higher than or equal to 200mg/dL. (Medication for cholesterol)
Diabetes: Fasting plasma glucose greater than or equal to 126 mg/dL, 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test value greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL or an HbA1C value greater than or equal to 6.5%.