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Heart Health Check Toolkit

Time to book a Heart Health Check?

If you're 45 and over, or 30 and over if you're of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you should book your Heart Health Check today...

Together, we can change the future of heart disease

The power of your ongoing support can help save lives and keep more families together. Help us continue to fund promising heart research projects by donating today. ...

Understanding how kidney failure leads to heart disease

Associate Professor Natasha Rogers, Institution: University of Sydney...

Heart health information in your language

A selection of heart health information brochures in a range languages...

Nutrition after a heart attack

Discover key information on heart-healthy eating and drinking....

Clinical Guidelines

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

What is angina?

Angina is a type of chest pain or discomfort that’s a symptom of an underlying heart problem, usually coronary heart disease (CHD)....

What is heart failure?

Heart failure is a condition where your heart isn’t pumping as well as it should be....

Q&A with Dr Eleanor Quested

Harnessing the appeal of professional sport to improve health for men with cardiovascular disease...

Preventing Aortic Stenosis with Vitamin-K supplements

Professor Carl Schultz, Institution: University of Western Australia...

Q&A with A/Prof Seana Gall

Improving the prevention and management of stroke...

Developing a simple blood test to check heart health for people with diabetes

Professor Leanne Delbridge, Institution: The University of Melbourne...

The Heart Foundation Research Program

We are Australia’s biggest non-government funder of world-class research into heart health. Learn more about our high impact research. ...

Hypertension clinical information and guidelines

Clinical information for diagnosis and management of hypertension....

Chicken fajitas

20 minutes

Serves 4

Systems of care in cardiac emergencies

Associate Professor Dion Stub, Institution: Monash University...

Physical activity after a heart attack

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

WEBINAR | Absolute CVD risk assessment practical update

A multidisciplinary panel of experts discuss the practical application of absolute CVD risk assessment through Heart Health Checks....

Fats, oils and heart health

Get the right balance of healthy fats in your diet ...

For professionals: Guidelines for acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Australian  guidelines  for  prevention, diagnosis and  management of  acute  rheumatic  fever and  rheumatic  heart  disease ...

Wholegrains and heart health

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

Being a carer for a heart attack patient

Your role as a carer for a heart attack patient is an important one – explore some useful things to know....

More Australians die of Heart Disease than any other cause.

And the heartache lasts a lifetime. But you can help the Heart Foundation fund life-saving research to keep more families together....

Relationships and sex after a heart attack

Explore some useful things to know about intimacy after a heart attack....

Support for young adults: Online events

Check back in for the latest updates on Supporting Young Heart events...

Mediterranean antipasto pizza

10 minutes

Serves 2 (1 pizza per serve)

Harness mechanical force on platelets to combat deadly blood clotting

Dr Lining Arnold Ju, Institution: University of Sydney...

Fruit, vegetables and heart health

How to boost your fruit and vegetable intake to help protect your heart. ...