Articles
After a heart attack
Recovery, medicines, cardiac rehab, driving and mood, plus SCAD and MINOCA explained.
Angina with normal arteries
Chest pain with clear or near-normal coronary arteries: coronary spasm and microvascular angina.
Coronary angiogram and stent: what to expect
How to prepare, what happens on the day, recovery and the warning signs to know.
How modern angioplasty has changed
Imaging from inside the artery, drug-coated balloons, and ways to treat heavily calcified and blocked arteries.
Reading your CT coronary angiogram report
What CAD-RADS, your calcium score and “non-calcified plaque” mean, and what usually happens next.
Alcohol and your heart: what the evidence says
The Australian guidelines, how alcohol affects the heart, and what the evidence now says about red wine.
Chest pain: when to worry, and when it isn't your heart
Most chest pain is not caused by the heart, but some is an important warning sign. How to tell the difference and when to call 000.
How to lower cholesterol without medication
What diet, exercise, weight loss and supplements can do for your cholesterol, and when medication helps.
Why people with a healthy lifestyle can still have heart attacks
Risk factors that may not show up in a standard cholesterol test.
Heart-healthy eating: what to eat for your heart
An evidence-based guide to everyday heart-healthy eating.
Atrial fibrillation (AF): symptoms, stroke risk and treatment
Symptoms, stroke risk and the main treatment options for AF.
Statins explained: who needs them, benefits and side effects
What statins do, who is likely to benefit, and what is known about side effects.
