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Heart Week 2022

With one Australian having a heart attack or stroke every 4 minutes, you have the power to change this statistic. ...

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. ...

Health Professional Tools

Guidelines, publications and support for the health professional community....

Mighty mango smoothie

10 minutes

Serves 1 - 450ml

One pan Greek salmon bake

30 minutes

Serves 4

Feelings and emotions after a heart attack

This is a guide to how you might be feeling after a heart attack. ...

Key Statistics: Risk Factors For Cardiovascular Disease

WEBINAR | Pressure rising: Clinical controversies and updates in hypertension

What is a heart attack?

The most common cause of a heart attack is coronary heart disease....

Supporting Young Hearts Podcast

Supporting Young Hearts is a six-episode series interviewing young people with lived experience of heart conditions and talking through advice for supporting emotional health and well-being....

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Heart Health Projects

Projects aimed at improving the heart health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ...

Heart-healthy baking spices up Christmas as keen Aussies celebrate post-lockdowns

Media release - 24 November 2021...

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

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

Become a corporate partner

Partner with us to help us fight for Australian hearts....

Permanent Pacemaker (PPM)

A small, battery-powered device that is fitted under the skin of your upper chest....

Kids recipes

Find heart healthy kids recipes...

Q&A with Dr James Nadel

The role of inflammation in the development, identification and treatment of unstable blood vessel plaque...

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

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

Heart failure clinical resources

Resources and clinical information for health professionals...

Hypertension clinical information and guidelines

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

Our supporters

Working together to save Australian hearts...

Mexican vegetarian pizza

10 minutes

Serves 4 (1 pizza per serve)

Sorting out your finances after a heart attack

Explore how to manage your financial concerns after a heart attack. ...

Future Leader Fellowship

Stipend and project support funding for the best and brightest in cardiovascular research. ...

Kicking Goals for Men’s Heart Health: A Multi-state Trial of the Aussie-FIT Program

Associate Professor Eleanor Quested, Institution: Curtin University...

Absolute CVD risk assessment resources

Resources and clinical information for health professionals...

Q&A with Dr Ziad Nehme

Every minute counts: a strategy to strengthen the links in the ‘chain of survival’ for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...

Blood tests for heart disease

Blood tests can measure the levels of substances such as blood fat to show if, and how much of, your heart has been damaged....