Prevention Clinic
The Prevention Clinic's mission is to promote cardiovascular
health.
To date, the proposed prevention program is intended for
those recently hospitalized at the Montréal Heart Institute
and their families, as well as members of the ÉPIC Centre who
have suffered a recent cardiac event. The purpose of the program is
to allow optimal cardiac rehabilitation and to reduce the risk of
future cardiac problems.
The approach taken is both personalized and global, meaning
it takes into account all of the risk factors for cardiovascular
disease, which are as follows:
- high cholesterol
- hypertension
- diabetes
- smoking
- obesity
- sedentary lifestyle
- stress.
The program, offered free of charge, is spread out over a period
of four months and includes:
- Individual meetings with a nurse, dietician, kinesiologist
and physician.
- A group course on healthy lifestyle habits.
- A gym-based fitness class.
The group course on healthy lifestyle habits consists of three
classes of 2.5 hours each spread out over three consecutive weeks.
A fourth class is offered to patients with diabetes.
Class 1:
The heart and risk factors for heart
disease/Medication (physician)
Changing your lifestyle habits
(nurse)
Class 2:
Healthy diet (part 1)
(dietician)
Stress management (nurse)
Class 3:
Healthy diet (part 2)
(dietician)
Resuming physical activity
(kinesiologist)
Class 4:
Diabetes (nurse,
dietician)
As for the gym-based fitness class, it consists of one hour of
exercise in the gym at the ÉPIC Centre, twice a week for a
period of eight weeks.
For any additional information, please contact:
Jean-François Dupré, Customer Service Manager
Tel.: (514) 374-1480, extension 282
e-mail:
jean-francois.dupre@icm-mhi.org
