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Return to Work Lab ®
Several exercise physiologists in Dallas represented
the program at the 33rd Annual American
Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
Rehabilitation National Conference in Louisville,
KY. Katelyn Brown, BS, EP, CCRP, and Tiffany
Shock, BS, ACSM-CEP, CCRP, with Jenny Adams,
PhD (contributor) were chosen for a poster
presentation titled: “State Anxiety in Sternotomy
versus Non-Sternotomy Patients in the Outpatient
Cardiac Rehab Setting.”
Total patients (FY19)
Women:
33%
Men:
67%
Diagnosis:
Other:
3%
LVAD: 3%
TAVR: 5%
Transplant:
6%
PCI:
28%
Heart
Failure: 7%
Valve
Surgery:
8%
Myocardial
Infarction:
18%
CABG:
22%
Unique to the program, The Return to Work Lab ® was
initiated several years ago to respond to individual
patient needs in order to help the patient return to their
work life whether that be a fireman, pilot, mechanic,
or new mom who experienced a post-partum cardiac
event. Rooted solidly in evidence-based protocols from
research performed in Dallas, the team customizes
rehabilitation for all types and ages of patients.
Specifically, the team initiates a care plan that uses
the actual equipment and tools the patient would
need to handle in their daily work as equipment in the
rehabilitation process. The plans also involve nutritional
counseling, social support and lifestyle education.
Whether a patient is in the early stages of heart disease
or a heart transplant recipient, individualized goals
are set and milestones are celebrated along the way.
Patients have traveled from all over the world for this
specialized care. Other patients from outside of the
Dallas area have received virtual assistance as they
recover and strengthen their cardiac condition closer to
their hometown medical team.
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9,926
Sessions completed (FY19)