Cardiac Care

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What's New?

The Toronto Sun covers our program in a two-page spread on the excellent care that cardiac patients receive at Rouge Valley Health System. Check it out!
You can fight heart disease by eating healthy! To celebrate Heart Month (in February), Rouge Valley offers five great tips on how a more heart-healthy diet can reduce your chances of having a heart attack.

View the community message in the local newspapers
Read the full article posted to our RVHS Blog

We are pleased to annouce the release of the latest issue of Cardiac Chronicles—Canada's first cardiac rehabilitation magazine. Check out the Spring 2010 edition.
Good news for Rouge Valley and the community of east Toronto! The Central East Local Health Integration Network (CE LHIN) has approved funding of Code STEMI, a life-saving intitiative that Rouge Valley is taking on through participation in Toronto Heart Attack Collaborative. Learn more!

About our Program

We are leaders in cardiac care.

Cardiac care is a centre of excellence at Rouge Valley Health System and in the 401 corridor of the Central East Local Health Integration Network (CE LHIN). The CE LHIN designated our cardiac care program as a regional centre in its Hospital Clinical Services Plan of 2009, recognizing the expertise of our staff and physicians. Our hospital's team, of 12 cardiologists and more than 100 health care professionals, is committed to superior clinical expertise and quality of patient care.

As the designated cardiac centre for the Scarborough-Durham area, Rouge Valley's cardiac care program is home to the most comprehensive range of cardiac services across the region. Everyday here at our two hospital campuses, our highly-qualified and experienced staff deliver excellent cardiac care to patients from local and surrounding communities.

Cardiac Services

Cardiac patients often require more than diagnosis services. They may also need treatment and help managing their condition or disease.

Here at Rouge Valley, we have a full-service cardiac program. Patients coming to us have access to the complete range of cardiac services available in the Scarborough/Durham region—from diagnostics tests; to coronary interventions and inpatient coronary care; to cardiac rehabilitation, education and ongoing disease management.

Cardiac diagnostics	Stress testing Echo cardiography Holter monitoring Event recording Ambulatory blood pressure Nuclear cardiology
Cardiac catheterization	Coronary angiography Coronary angioplasty (also known as percutaneous coronary intervention or PCI)
Arrhythmia management	Pacemaker insertion Internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) Electrophysiological studies Ablation therapy Arrhythmia patient management
Cardiac rehabilitation	Six-month weekly exercise program Education program Individualized exercise assessment, prescription and risk factor profile
Other cardiac services	Emergency cardiac care Inpatient cardiac care Cardiology consultation

Resources

Here are some resources that will provide support for physicians and cardiac patients.

Cardiac Chronicles

In addition to Rouge Valley’s commitment to delivering excellent cardiac care, we are also dedicated to working with others to improve heart health in our community and beyond. That is the driving idea behind Cardiac Chronicles—Canada’s first cardiac rehabilitation magazine.

This semi-annual publication brings together the best minds and leaders in the field of cardiac rehabilitation from across the country and shares their expertise with health professionals and patients. We are excited to announce that the publication will going national in 2010!