Relatório de Estágio - Reabilitação cardíaca: Hospital Santo António

Abstract

Physical exercise as a form of prevention and treatment of heart disease has been assuming a growing relevance in today's society, accompanied by the increase in the production of evidence in this area. In this way, it would be desirable to increase the number of people with access to cardiac rehabilitation, to provide the best possible treatment through the work of a multidisciplinary team. The internship was carried out at Hospital Santo António in the cardiac rehabilitation unit, with the main objectives of being able to learn about all the needs of the person with cardiac pathology and being able to apply this knowledge in practice. My work was mainly in people with acute coronary syndrome, peripheral arterial obstructive disease and/or heart failure, where I was able to analyse the effect of a physical rehabilitation program on the individual's functional capacity. To this end, it was concluded that exercise delivered in the setting of cardiac rehabilitation brings visible improvements, but this work should be continued outside the hospital by patients.