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Are you at risk of heart disease?

There is no single cause for any one heart condition, but there are risk factors that increase your chance of developing one. ...

Support us and help save Australian hearts

Join the fight against Australia’s biggest killer by supporting the Heart Foundation. ...

Support and resources for health care professionals

Our range of clinical and patient support resources are available for you to use in your daily practice....

Help make heart disease history!

48 Australians die from heart disease every day. You can help save lives....

Clinical Guidelines

Full list of clinical guidlines and references for CVD, heart failure, ACS, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, SCAD and RHD...

Fundraise to save Australian hearts

Join the Heart Foundation community. Together, we can make a real difference for Australian hearts. ...

MyMarathon

The fundraising race where you set the pace. Run, jog or walk MyMarathon at your own pace during October....

Pregnancy and heart disease

Information and resources for health professionals....

Heart stories

Stories of hope from Australian men and women fighting heart disease....

Types of physical activity

Nine out of 10 Australians could reduce the risk of heart disease by walking as little as 15 minutes more each day....

Heart Foundation Tick

The Tick Program has made a substantial contribution to the health of Australians over the past 26 years....

My health for life program

The Heart Foundation is a proud supporter of the Queensland My health for life program...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment and management

Absolute CVD risk assessment is an integrated approach that estimates the cumulative risk of multiple risk factors to predict a heart attack or stroke event in the next five years....

Physical activity after a heart attack

Discover what you need to know about being active after a heart attack....

Gerry had heart attack warning signs on his dream holiday.

I’d always thought of myself as fairly fit; I swam a lot, and did ‘soft running’, a combination of running and walking. ...

The Heart Failure Toolkit

The Toolkit provides health services with a targeted approach to addressing readmission rates and decreasing variation in care....

Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance

Alliance with chronic disease prevention stakeholders...

What is a cardiac arrest?

With immediate help a cardiac arrest can be survived. Learn how to save a life....

Smoking and your heart

Understand how smoking can impact your heart health. ...

Sodium and salt converter

Convert the sodium listed on food products into grams of salt or vice versa. ...

The Heart Foundation Alumni Program

Stay connected with your research alumni community. ...

When The Heart Gets Heavy: Emotional Wellbeing and Heart Conditions

Emotional wellbeing is like having a garden, sometimes it grows green on its own, other times it needs watering, cutting back or fertilising....

Building physical activity into urban planning and design

Resources available for built environment professionals to help guide in the development of active outdoor and indoor spaces....

Breakfast recipes

Heart healthy breakfasts to start your day right...

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart teaches school children how to keep fit and healthy through skipping!...

Cardiac arrest at 26: adjusting to a new ‘normal’

Wholegrains and heart health

All you need to know about wholegrains to put you on the right track...

WEBINAR | Research Alumni Series 2020

The Heart Foundation is delivering a research webinar series for Heart Foundation research alumni....

COVID-19 & cardiovascular disease

Information and resources for health care professionals....

What is cardiac rehab?

Cardiac rehab is proven to keep you out of hospital and reduce your risk of death from heart conditions....