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DescriptionThis booklet is for people who have a heart condition, and for those who are at a high risk of developing heart disease, for example because they have high blood pressure or a high cholesterol level. In most cases, physical activity can: • help improve your heart health if you already have a heart condition • help your recovery after having heart surgery or a heart attack, and • help improve many of the ‘risk factors’ which increase the overall risk of coronary heart disease. (We explain more about risk factors Contents About this booklet .......................................................................... 5 Why is physical activity so important for my heart?........... 7 What type of activity will help my heart, and how much should I aim to do? ........................................ 10 Getting started … and keeping going ................................. 15 How physical activity can help reduce your risk of coronary heart disease ........................................... 18 If you already have a heart condition ................................... 25 Are there any activities I should avoid?......................... 25 If you get angina ................................................................... 28 If you have recently had a heart attack ........................ 33 If you have heart failure ...................................................... 37 If you have heart valve disease ........................................ 39 If you have recently had heart surgery ......................... 40 If you have had an angioplasty that was planned in advance .............................................................. 42 If you have a pacemaker or an ICD ................................. 44 Physical activity as part of cardiac rehabilitation.............. 48 Sex and heart disease.................................................................. 52 Safety tips ....................................................................................... 54 How your support can help...................................................... 57 Heart attack? Know the symptoms … and what to do... 58 For more information ................................................................. 60 Index ................................................................................................. 66 Have your say................................................................................. 67 Sharing Widget |