Heart health & patient information
Clear, practical information to help you understand your heart, lower your risk, and live well.
Draft — under clinical review. These patient information sheets are being reviewed by our clinical advisers before final publication. They provide general information only and are not a substitute for advice from your doctor.
In an emergency, call 000. If you or someone near you has chest pain or other heart-attack warning signs that are severe, get worse, or last 10 minutes — call Triple Zero (000) immediately.
Know the warning signs
What a heart attack can feel like, and exactly what to do — including when to call 000.
Read the sheet →Lower your risk
The everyday changes that make the biggest difference to your heart health.
Read the sheet →Know your numbers
Cholesterol, blood pressure, heart-disease risk score and calcium score — what they mean.
Read the sheet →Living well with heart disease
Practical support for daily life after a heart diagnosis, for patients and families.
Read the sheet →
Printable factsheets. Each topic is also available as an A4 PDF you can print or share. Download links are on each sheet.