How can we help you Prevent, Control & Reverseyour Heart Disease?
Considerable amount of research has proved that Intensive Lifestyle modifications are associated with a decrease in LDL Cholesterol levels, an increase in HDL Cholesterol levels and a marked decrease in the deposition of Cholesterol in coronary (Heart) and carotid (Brain) arteries.
Blessed Hearts Clinic is a unique first in Gujarat “Preventive Cardiology & Cardiac Rehabilitation” Center that is dedicated exclusively to Life-style modifications to control and Prevent Heart Diseases. The center is equipped with the Latest Best-in-class Equipments. We focus on treating the risk factors (Cholesterol, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Smoking, for cardiovascular diseases & changing the biochemical risk profile of our patients. This means that we treat the cause and not the symptoms of Heart Diseases. Hence, the patients can get rid of the Heart diseases permanently without any surgical intervention.
We strictly follow guidelines given by American Heart Association and European Association of Preventive Cardiology while treating our patients.
Here our expert team of Doctors trained specifically in Preventive Cardiology will take a detailed History of your Heart’s Condition, assess and examine all your risk factors (Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Cholesterol levels, Smoking, Obesity, Physical Inactivity, Diet and Stress) and depending upon your condition, will make treatment goals for you.
Cardiac Exercises are very important for a Heart Patient to prevent and control all the risk factors of Heart diseases.
At Blessed Hearts, you will be doing Cardiac Exercises like Treadmill, Bike, Elliptical etc. under the supervision of expert Doctors. The Doctor will prescribe Cardiac exercises to you as per your age, your Heart’s Condition, Medications, Ejection Fraction (Capacity of your Heart to pump the blood) and results of a series of tests.
Doctors will be continuously monitoring all your vital parameters i.e. your ECG, Spo2, Blood Pressure (and Blood Sugar for diabetic patients) while you are exercising via a small wireless machine equal to the size of a mobile called “Telemetry” which will be connected to your chest and will transmit your ECG and SPo2 continuously to your doctor while you are exercising, thus making sure that you are exercising in a medically monitored and controlled environment.
Moreover, you being a heart patient, if any Cardiac Rhythm disturbances or other Cardiac emergency occurs while you are exercising, we are all equipped to handle any situation with a proper rescue plan for CPR, Defibrillation (giving life-saving high energy shock in the chest to correct the rhythm disturbance) and admission to the attached nearby ICU unit if required.
Besides Exercise, Expert Dieticians depending upon your Condition will prescribe you the dietary patterns that are extensively researched and have been proved to be the best for Heart patients to improve their Blood pressure, Diabetes and Cholesterol levels.
Stress is considered a major risk factor for Heart diseases and to address it, you will be practicing light Yoga and relaxation techniques a few days in a week to take control over your stress, anxiety and anger.
If you have been a smoker for a long period of time, you will receive adequate psychological support through proper counselling to help you quit smoking. You will also receive support through Nicotine patches and gums to make sure that Strong smoking desires don’t relapse.
Besides this, we arrange lectures titled “Know your Heart” for our patients and their relatives once every week. In these lectures, you will get a chance to know about your Heart and your Heart disease in a better way and you will learn about an ideal lifestyle that you should follow after you are diagnosed with Heart disease.