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Heart Foundation Recovery Support and Resources

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

Clinical Guidelines

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

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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....

Fundraise to save Australian hearts

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

Aboriginal heart health

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

Help Keep families together this Christmas

Together, we can make heart disease history. Donate today to help fund ground-breaking heart research and keep families together this Christmas. ...

Heart Healthy Dinner Plan

Sign up now and discover delicious, easy to follow dinner recipes. Plus shopping lists, tips and other helpful information to make healthy eating easy. ...

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. ...

Food and nutrition position statements

National tobacco strategy

Frameworks supporting tobacco control in Australia ...

How to make healthier meals at home

Cooking at home is often healthier than eating out....

Fruit, vegetables and heart health

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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Training Centre

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

Supporting Your Emotional Wellbeing: An Online Forum for Young Heart Patients

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What is coronary heart disease?

Coronary heart disease (CHD) or coronary artery disease occurs when a coronary artery clogs and narrows because of a buildup of plaque....

Dessert recipes

Find heart healthy dessert recipes....

Dinner recipes

Search our heart healthy dinner recipes for tonights main meal...

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. ...

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) clinical resources

Resources and clinical information for health professionals...

Vegetarian recipes

Search through our vegetarian recipes...

About the Lighthouse Hospital Project

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in Australia, but the burden of disease disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples....

Meditation helped Grant recover from his heart attack

Thankfully for Grant Byrne, a lifelong Led Zeppelin fan, some quick thinking helped him avoid a stairway to heaven. Read Grant’s heart attack story now. ...

COVID-19 info & FAQs

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

Atrial fibrillation resources for patients

A nurse shares her top recovery tips for young cardiac patients

Pauline is a nurse and shares advice for young people who have had a heart event or are recovering from surgery....

Norm discovered he was at risk of a major heart attack just in the nick of time

Norm didn’t worry too much about his cholesterol problem – until an angiogram revealed he had an 80 per cent blockage in a major heart artery. ...

Exercises to do at home

All you need to know about keeping active during COVID-19....

Applying for research funding with the Heart Foundation

Discover more about our various funding programs, requirements, and application dates now....