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Clinical Guidelines

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

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. ...

Aboriginal heart health

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

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. ...

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. ...

Heart Foundation Recovery Support and Resources

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

Encouraging cardiovascular research excellence in South Australia

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart teaches school children how to keep fit and healthy through skipping!...

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)

Clinical information and links to SCAD resources....

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....

Staying active for better heart health

Moving more every day is one of the best habits you can have....

Feelings and emotions after a heart attack

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

Life changing research currently underway

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

Diabetes and heart disease

Diabetes is an ongoing health condition where your body’s usual ways of controlling your blood sugar, or blood glucose levels, don’t work properly. ...

Chicken recipes

Find heart healthy chicken recipes....

Smoking and tobacco regulation

There are still more than 15,000 deaths caused by smoking every year....

Create your fundraiser at Do it for Heart

Become a Heart Foundation fundraiser, do it for heart and make a real difference to your community....

Women and heart disease

Information and resources for health professionals....

From diagnosis at 37 to heart surgery, rehab and now

Claude Lam, Open heart surgery survivor...

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....

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. ...

The Heart Foundation Alumni Program

Stay connected with your research alumni community. ...

Get your family moving

Get your kids active and set them up for healthier habits into adulthood....

Physical activity resources for patients and consumers

Physical activity information for professionals...

Our history

For more than 60 years the Heart Foundation has been helping improve heart health across the nation....

Heart failure resources for patients

Educate your patients on everything they need to know about heart failure and managing their condition. ...

Heart Foundation delivers $17.2 million for cutting-edge heart research in a challenging year

Media Release 20 October 2020...