19 Years of Heart Fit Clinic
How Heart Fit Clinic continues to help patients understand, prevent, and reverse the heart disease process.
19 Years of Heart Fit Clinic is more than a milestone. It is a reminder that heart disease prevention is not built on one test, one procedure, one medication, or one appointment. It is built on a process of understanding risk, assessing artery health, supporting circulation, guiding recovery, and helping patients make better long term decisions about their heart health.
Heart Fit Clinic was started in 2007 by Diamond Fernandes, a published author and cardiac rehabilitation physiologist. The clinic has grown around a clear mission, to help people prevent and reverse heart disease through better education, deeper assessment, cardiac rehabilitation, external counterpulsation, and prevention focused care.
For patients in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, and London, Ontario, Heart Fit Clinic provides a different kind of heart health conversation. It is not about waiting until symptoms become severe. It is about understanding what is happening earlier, asking better questions, and helping patients take practical steps before a crisis becomes the only signal.
Why 19 Years of Heart Fit Clinic Matters
Heart disease remains one of the most important health concerns facing Canadians. Many people still only start thinking seriously about their heart health after chest pain, a heart attack, a stent, bypass surgery, or a frightening test result.
Heart Fit Clinic was built to challenge that reactive model.
The clinic’s work is based on the idea that heart disease develops over time. Artery health, plaque development, inflammation, blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol patterns, stress, sleep, nutrition, movement, and recovery all matter. A prevention focused approach looks at the bigger picture instead of waiting for advanced disease to appear.
That is why 19 Years of Heart Fit Clinic is not just about longevity as a business. It is about consistency in a mission.
Since 2007, Heart Fit Clinic has focused on cardiac rehabilitation, heart attack and stroke prevention, cardiovascular assessments, and heart disease treatment plans.
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The Heart Fit Clinic Philosophy
Diamond Fernandes has often taught that heart health is not only about plumbing. His verified quote on the Heart Fit Clinic founder page is:
“Arteries are a muscle, not a pipe.”
That statement captures an important part of the Heart Fit Clinic philosophy. Arteries are living tissue. They respond to stress, blood pressure, inflammation, blood sugar, cholesterol, movement, nutrition, and lifestyle patterns. When patients understand that, heart health becomes more than a narrow conversation about blocked arteries.
It becomes a conversation about the biology of the artery wall.
This is where Heart Fit Clinic’s approach is different. The clinic does not simply ask whether a person has symptoms today. It asks what is happening in the heart and arteries over time, what risks may be building, and what can be done to support better outcomes.
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Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease Is a Process
The phrase “preventing and reversing heart disease” must be used responsibly. It does not mean every person can avoid medical procedures. It does not mean a patient should ignore medical advice, delay emergency care, or stop prescribed treatment. It means that heart disease should be understood as a process that can often be influenced through assessment, treatment planning, supervised rehabilitation, lifestyle change, risk factor management, and ongoing support.
At Heart Fit Clinic, the focus is on helping patients better understand where they are in that process.
This may include assessing cardiovascular risk before a major event happens.
This may include supporting patients after a heart attack, stent, bypass, or diagnosis.
This may include helping people with angina, coronary artery disease, or reduced exercise tolerance explore non invasive support options where appropriate.
This may include helping patients improve confidence, rebuild capacity, and understand how to live differently with better heart health clarity.
Heart disease prevention is not a quick fix. It is a long term plan.
Heart Assessments That Look Deeper
One of Heart Fit Clinic’s core service verticals is heart assessments.
The clinic’s heart assessment service is designed to help patients understand heart attack and stroke risk with a broader prevention focused lens. Standard testing can be useful, but many patients need clearer insight into artery health, risk factors, symptoms, and the deeper contributors to cardiovascular disease.
Heart Fit Clinic’s assessment approach may include a review of artery function, advanced cardiac markers, nutrition and gut health factors, hormones, heavy metals, and cardiogenomic testing where appropriate.
The goal is not to create fear. The goal is clarity.
Patients often come to Heart Fit Clinic because they have been told their results are “normal,” but they still have symptoms, family history, risk factors, or concerns. Others come because they already have a diagnosis and want a better plan for long term prevention.
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External Counterpulsation and Circulation Support
External counterpulsation, also known as ECP or EECP, is another major Heart Fit Clinic service.
EECP is a non invasive therapy that uses cuffs placed around the legs and lower body. These cuffs inflate and deflate in rhythm with the heartbeat to support blood flow and circulation. Heart Fit Clinic presents external counterpulsation as a therapy that may help support blood flow, artery function, and heart function for selected patients.
This therapy may be discussed for patients with stable coronary artery disease, angina symptoms, circulation concerns, or ongoing heart health limitations. It should always be considered as part of a responsible heart health plan, not as a replacement for emergency care, cardiology care, prescribed medication decisions, or urgent intervention when symptoms are serious.
Heart Fit Clinic has also published educational content on EECP therapy for coronary artery disease.
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Cardiac Rehabilitation for Recovery and Confidence
Cardiac rehabilitation is one of the most important parts of long term heart health support.
Many patients feel uncertain after a heart attack, stent, bypass surgery, angina diagnosis, or heart disease diagnosis. They may not know how much activity is safe. They may feel nervous about exercise. They may want to recover, but not know how to rebuild strength and confidence.
Heart Fit Clinic’s cardiac rehabilitation model helps patients move forward with structure, education, and guidance.
Cardiac rehabilitation can support:
Improved confidence with activity
Better understanding of cardiovascular risk
Supervised progression after a cardiac event or diagnosis
Education around nutrition, stress, blood pressure, and prevention
Support for long term lifestyle change
Recovery is not only physical. It is also emotional and educational. Patients need to understand what happened, what still matters, and what steps can support their future.
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Diamond Fernandes and the Heart Fit Clinic Mission
Diamond Fernandes started in the field of cardiac care in 1999 after his father had a heart attack at 38 years old. That experience helped shape his mission to support people living with cardiovascular disease and to address gaps in heart health care.
He started Heart Fit Clinic in 2007. Since then, the clinic has continued to focus on prevention, rehabilitation, patient education, and a broader understanding of cardiovascular risk.
Diamond is also the author of Beating Heart Disease, 5 Powerful Pillars to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, and Death of the Stress Test, both connected to his broader mission of helping people think differently about heart disease prevention.
Heart Fit Clinic’s work is grounded in a clear message. Patients need better education, better assessment, and a better model for understanding the heart disease process.
Helping Patients Ask Better Questions
One of the most valuable parts of Heart Fit Clinic’s work is helping patients ask better questions.
Instead of only asking, “Is my cholesterol normal?” patients can ask, “What does my cholesterol mean in the context of my full risk?”
Instead of only asking, “Did my stress test look okay?” patients can ask, “Does this test explain my symptoms and my long term risk?”
Instead of only asking, “Do I need a procedure?” patients can ask, “What can I do to better understand my artery health, support circulation, and reduce future risk?”
Instead of only asking, “Can I exercise?” patients can ask, “How do I rebuild safely and consistently with a plan?”
Those better questions are where prevention becomes more practical.
Heart Fit Clinic Services
Heart Fit Clinic’s services are built around prevention, assessment, rehabilitation, and long term heart health support.
Core services include:
Heart assessments
External counterpulsation, ECP and EECP therapy
Cardiac rehabilitation
Heart nutrition programs
Cardiac education events
Holter monitors
Virtual care
These services support patients at different stages of the heart health journey. Some people are trying to prevent their first cardiac event. Some are recovering after a diagnosis or procedure. Some are trying to better understand symptoms. Some are looking for non invasive support options. Some simply want a clearer plan.
Heart Fit Clinic’s role is to help patients connect the dots.
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Locations Across Canada
Heart Fit Clinic supports patients across multiple Canadian locations.
Heart Fit Clinic Calgary
Heart Fit Clinic Edmonton
Heart Fit Clinic Vancouver
Heart Fit Clinic Toronto
Heart Fit Clinic London, Ontario
Each location supports the same broader Heart Fit Clinic mission, helping patients better understand heart disease prevention, artery health, rehabilitation, circulation, and long term cardiovascular care.
19 Years of Heart Fit Clinic, A Prevention First Milestone
19 Years of Heart Fit Clinic represents a long standing commitment to helping patients understand heart disease before it becomes a crisis, recover with more confidence after a cardiac event, and take practical steps toward better heart health.
It also represents a commitment to innovation. Heart health care should not only be reactive. Patients deserve to understand artery wall biology, risk factors, circulation, symptoms, testing, rehabilitation, and prevention in a way that is practical and empowering.
Heart disease is a process.
Prevention is a process.
Recovery is a process.
Heart Fit Clinic continues to help patients move through that process with better education, structured support, and a prevention focused model of care.
Take the Next Step
If you are concerned about your heart health, family history, symptoms, artery health, recovery, or long term risk, Heart Fit Clinic can help you start with a clearer conversation.
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