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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....

Clinical Guidelines

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

National tobacco strategy

Frameworks supporting tobacco control in Australia ...

Australian Heart Maps

Our Heart Maps allow you to take a closer look at heart disease indicators across Australia....

Our Annual Reports

Discover our Annual reports from 2013 onwards. ...

Our research stories

We fund amazing researchers who have important stories to tell...

Life changing research currently underway

Search our current researcher's and the ground breaking research being undertaken....

Women and heart disease

Information and resources for health professionals....

Absolute CVD risk clinical guidelines

The Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk (CVD) Guidelines helps healthcare professionals identify, prevent and manage a person's risk of developing CVD. ...

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....

Pregnancy and heart disease

Information and resources for health professionals....

Register your cardiac service with the Heart Foundation

This cardiac services directory presents information on cardiac rehab programs offered across Australia....

Hypertension clinical information and guidelines

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

Clinical resources: Coronary heart disease and mental health

The prevalence of depression is high in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD)....

COVID-19 & cardiovascular disease

Information and resources for health care professionals....

CVD risk assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

This consensus statement contains recommendations for assessing CVD risk in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged under 35....

For professionals: Heart Health Checks

Heart Health Checks have been supported by Medicare since April 2019....

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Training Centre

Training to support identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, in line with standard practice....

Lipid management clinical information and resources

Lipid management resources for health professionals...

Heart Health Check Toolkit – Register Your Interest

The Heart Foundation will soon be launching a Heart Health Check Toolkit for GPs, practice nurses and practice managers....

Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) clinical resources

Resources and clinical information for health professionals...

WEBINAR | Heart Health Checks: the critical role of the practice nurse

This webinar discusses the role of practice nurses in conducting heart health checks...

WEBINAR | The future of CVD risk assessment

Should population-based CVD risk assessment models make way for individualised risk prediction techniques?...

Order patient resources online

Search and order from our range of printed patient resources online. ...

Heart failure clinical resources

Resources and clinical information for health professionals...

WEBINAR | Heart failure diagnosis and care

Improving diagnosis and care for heart failure patients....

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) clinical resources

Resources and clinical information for health professionals...

Absolute CVD risk charts

Absolute CVD risk charts provide a visual tool to calculate CVD risk for use in practice in Australia....

WEBINAR | CVD & COVID-19

Ask the experts: caring for people with CVD during COVID-19...

Improving food supply

The Heart Foundation supports initiatives that guide people to healthier food and drink choices. ...