Cardiology - Rainy Lake Medical Center | International Falls

Cardiac Rehab and Diagnostic Services

Cardiac Rehab is a safe, effective rehabilitation and prevention service for patients who have cardiovascular disease or who are at risk of developing the disease.

The Cardiac Rehab and Diagnostic Services offers:

Stress tests: Standard treadmill stress tests as well as nuclear medicine stress testing
Pulmonary function testing
Echocardiograms
Zio Patch: Cardiac monitoring system
ABI Testing (Ankle-Brachial Index Test): A test that compares the blood pressure in your ankles to the pressure in your arms to help determine if your legs are getting the proper amount of blood supply.

The Cardiac Rehabilitation and Diagnostic Services program at Rainy Lake Medical Center also offers an adult exercise program specially designed for patients at risk of, or with a history of, heart disease. The goal is to strengthen the heart and return patients to normal activities of daily living.

Candidates for the program include those people who:

Have had a heart attack
Have been diagnosed with angina
Have had coronary artery bypass surgery
Have had pacemaker or heart-valve surgery

The exercise program runs three days a week, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and is overseen by a specially trained cardiac rehabilitation nurse and physician.

With a physician’s referral, patients may attend Cardiac Rehabilitation exercise and nutrition classes.

Cardiology Outreach Clinic

Rainy Lake Specialty Clinic also hosts a cardiology outreach clinic for Sanford Health. In addition to providing comprehensive heart care, cardiologists are proficient with advanced cardiac diagnostic technology, which allows them to detect and treat heart disease sooner and more effectively than ever.

Dr. James Dewar is the interventional cardiologist from Sanford Health in Bemidji who offers cardiology outreach to Rainy Lake’s Specialty Clinic. He specializes in interventional cardiology, cardiology, and internal medicine. Dr. Dewar graduated from Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in Glendale, AZ. He completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria, IL, followed by an internship in internal medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine, in Peoria, IL.

Offering cardiology services right here at Rainy Lake Clinic with outreach services provided by Sanford Health is another way Rainy Lake Medical Center shows its commitment to our patients and community-based healthcare.

For more information or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Dewar at the Rainy Lake Clinic in International Falls, please call Sanford Bemidji at (218) 333-2460.