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Heart Age Calculator

Try our Heart Age Calculator to understand what contributes to your risk of heart disease....

Heart Foundation Recovery Support and Resources

Heart Foundation programs and resources to support your recovery....

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....

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. ...

Fundraise to save Australian hearts

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

Clinical Guidelines

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

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....

Research funding programs

The Heart Foundation supports outstanding researchers who share our vision of an Australia free from heart disease. ...

Know your risk: Family history and heart disease

A family history of heart disease could mean you are at greater risk....

Get started with more physical activity

Finding time for physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your heart...

Heart Health Network

Heart Health Network is the Heart Foundation’s newsletter for health professionals delivered to your inbox once a month....

What is a cardiac arrest?

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

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

The Australian Guideline for Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (2nd Edition)....

Key Statistics: Coronary Heart Disease

Matilda signs up for Jump Rope just one month after open-heart surgery

Media Release - 26 June 2020...

Supporting Young Hearts

Advice from young people living with a heart condition....

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. ...

Taking your medicines

There are many medicines that treat heart attack, angina, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other heart conditions....

Risk factors for women

In Australia, 90% of women have one risk factor for heart disease, and 50% have two or more. ...

Kylie defied the heart attack stereotypes

Cardiac rehabilitation was a turning point for Kylie and essential to her heart failure recovery....

Asian recipes

Find heart healthy Asian recipes....

Active Living NSW

Active Living NSW supports physical activity and healthy built environments in NSW ...

Confidential. Personal. Reliable.

Got a question about your heart?...

Baking recipes

Find heart healthy baking recipes ...

Our corporate partners

We value the support of all of our corporate partners....

Women's heart stories

Women's stories from around Australia...

Aboriginal heart health

Visit the St Vincents Hospital NSW and Heart Foundation Aboriginal heart health website for more information...

Cyril credits cardiac rehab for getting his life back

Cyril suffered a heart attack in 2015. Cardiac rehab helped get his life back on track. ...

COVID-19 info & FAQs

Information and FAQs about COVID-19 and heart disease....