Our educational program offers a unique opportunity to learn about lifestyle modification from the experts in the areas of nutrition therapy, stress reduction therapy and exercise. These educational classes are offered in a continuing weekly series and are conducted at the end of the exercise sessions.

Our Peripheral Arterial Disease Cardiac Rehab Program consists of an intake assessment by a nurse to ensure you are cleared for participation. During your first session, a walking impairment questionnaire, education and a walking protocol will be performed. This program is covered by insurance. The goal of the program is to incorporate monitored treadmill walking to increase the length of time you can walk before you get leg cramping or pain.

Program components include: 

• Personalized exercise prescriptions
• Education on nutrition and stress management
• Return to work evaluations
• Recommendations to your doctor
• Heart and medication monitoring
• Group orientation sessions

Patients who consistently participate in our Cardiac Rehabilitation Program experience:

• Reduced risk of re-hospitalization
• Fewer complications of cardiac disease
• Lower risk of sudden death
• Improved quality of life
• Reduced symptoms (chest pain, fatigue, shortness of breath)
• Decreased psychological distress
• Better management of risk factors (weight, blood pressure, cholesterol)
• Enhanced exercise performance and daily activity capacity
• Improved adherence to medications and medical treatments

Cardiac rehabilitation is designed for individuals who have experienced a recent heart event, undergone a cardiac procedure, or been diagnosed with heart disease.

Our referral-only program is designed for individuals who have experienced: 

• Heart attack
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
• Coronary angioplasty or stent placement
• Heart valve repair or replacement
• Stable angina (chest pain)
• Heart transplant
• Systolic heart failure (a weakened heart where the left ventricle does not squeeze normally during a heartbeat and, therefore, cannot pump blood efficiently)
• Peripheral Artery Disease, or PAD

A physician referral with a qualifying diagnosis is required for program eligibility. For more information, call 734-998-9590.

Our cardiac rehabilitation services are seamlessly integrated with U-M Health’s regional sites, helping patients from those areas receive the same high-quality service closer to home.  

• Grand Rapids region: Cardiac Rehabilitation at University of Michigan Health-West
• Mid-Michigan region: Cardiac Rehabilitation at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow

• View more Cardiac Rehabilitation resources in the U-M Online Patient Education Library