Heart, Stroke and Vascular Health

HealthInsite's Heart, Stroke and Vascular Disease  topic area covers all diseases of the heart and blood vessels, including coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure and peripheral vascular disease. These are mainly caused by a damaged blood supply to the heart, brain and legs, and share a number of risk factors.

The main underlying problem is atherosclerosis, a process that clogs blood-supply vessels with deposits of fat, cholesterol and other substances. It is most serious when it affects the blood supply to the heart, causing angina or heart attack, or to the brain, which can lead to a stroke.

You'll find a variety of information on heart health, vascular health and stroke at the following websites:

or by following the links below.

Updated April 2011

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Title:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is the nation's premier health and medical research institute tackling the deadly trio of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Our work extends from the laboratory to wide-scale community studies. Baker IDI fills a void in health and medical research by allowing traditionally disparate groups to work together and collaborate under one umbrella and one organisational culture.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Appropriate primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: does this mean more or less statin use?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Treatment with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, commonly known as statins, is beneficial for people at high risk of a cardiovascular event.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Research volunteer
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   Our groundbreaking research would not be possible without volunteer participants. Learn more about how you can make a difference and improve the health of Australians by becoming a clinical research volunteer.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Cardiovascular disease: Australian facts 2011
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   In many ways cardiovascular disease (CVD) can be considered Australia's most costly disease. It costs more lives than any other disease and has the greatest level of health expenditure. It also imposes a burden of disease, measured in terms of disability and premature death, second only to cancer.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The term cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to diseases of the heart and blood vessels. It is the leading cause of death in Australia.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Wise use of medicine
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   Almost one half of individuals prescribed medicines are at risk of not gaining the maximum benefits from their treatment by forgetting or intentionally not taking their medicines! Those reaching optimal treatment levels have been consistently shown to have better health outcomes.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   AusDiab
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study is the largest Australian longitudinal population-based study examining the natural history of diabetes, pre-diabetes (in which glucose metabolism is impaired but not to the level to cause diabetes), heart disease and kidney disease.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Physical activity with cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the importance and health benefits of engaging in physical activity with cardiovascular disease.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Role of homocysteine in cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   An introduction to the role of homocysteine in cardiovascular disease, What is homocysteine? Reducing homocysteine levels, Future research on homocysteine
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Women and heart disease: summary
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,Heart Foundation
Description:   Cardiovascular disease is Australia's biggest killer. This report provides a summary of cardiovascular disease and its impact on the health of Australian women.from data collected.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Women and heart disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report focuses on cardiovascular disease and its impact on the health of Australian women, who may not be aware of how significant a threat this disease is to them. The report presents the latest data on prevalence, deaths, disability, hospitalisations, services, treatments, risk factors and expenditure, as well as comparisons to other important diseases among women.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Variability in response to clopidogrel
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The antiplatelet drug clopidogrel is effective when used in combination with aspirin for the prevention of coronary events in patients with coronary artery stents and acute coronary syndromes. However, there is growing evidence that despite this dual antiplatelet therapy some patients experience more atherothrombotic events than expected
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Clinical services
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   A one-stop shop of complete patient care, diagnosis and advice is available under Baker IDI's diabetes and heart clinics. Being at the frontline of disease care and management will ensure that our researchers closely understand not just the biology, but also the human effects of disease. Our medical clinics provide specialist care for thousands of patients each year through an integrated model.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Respiratory and cardovascular diseases and cancer among residents in the Hunter New England area health service
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   This report focuses on those diseases and causes of death that have been found to be associated with exposure to air pollutants. Analysis has also been undertaken on some diseases about which the community of the Hunter New England Area Health Service (HNEAHS) of New South Wales(NSW) has expressed a concern.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Cardiovascular disease mortality: trends at different ages
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Despite a dramatic reduction since the late 1960s, cardiovascular disease remains the largest cause of death in Australia. This report examines recent data to determine if the observed decrease in cardiovascular disease deaths since the 1960s is shared across disease sub-types and among different population groups.
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Cardiovascular medicines and primary health care: a regional analysis
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Cardiovascular medicines and primary health care: a regional analysis shows how the supply of cardiovascular medicines and primary health-care services differs across regions in Australia. This report examines the complex relationship between cardiovascular diseases, remoteness and the supply of cardiovascular medicines and primary health-care services.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Healthy hearts clinic
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   Baker IDI clinicians provide a consultative service for patients with high blood pressure, high blood lipids and a full range of adult cardiology problems through the clinics of the Heart Centre at the Alfred Hospital.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease: targeting risk factors
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) account for around a quarter of the burden of disease in Australia, and just under two-thirds of all deaths. These three diseases often occur together and share risk factors, such as physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, and high blood pressure.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Impact of falling cardiovascular disease death rates: deaths delayed and years of life extended
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Death rates from CVD and CHD have declined dramatically in Australia since their peak in the mid 1960s. This report quantifies the number of lives saved since the peak and looks briefly at the age and sex population groups where the impact was likely to have been highest.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   How low to go with glucose control
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   There has been a general acceptance that tight glycaemic control will reduce cardiovascular disease, but there is a lack of definitive evidence that outcomes will improve.
Date:   Apr 2009

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