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 June 2009

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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:   Jun 2009
Title:   Heart Foundation
Publisher:   National Heart Foundation of Australia
Description:   The Heart Foundation site includes heart health information for health professionals, schools and the public. Topics include healthy eating, regular exercise, smoking, blood pressure, blood cholesterol and statistics.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Media release. Myth busting - cardiovascular disease and women
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The leading cause of death among women in Australia today is cardiovascular disease.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Cardiovascular disease : statistics
Publisher:   National Heart Foundation of Australia
Description:   Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the term used for heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases. CVD is the leading cause of death in Australia, accounting for 36 per cent of all deaths in Australia in 2004. It kills one Australian every ten minutes.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Nutrition
Publisher:   National Heart Foundation of Australia
Description:   Evidence based position papers and guidelines for dietitians and other health professionals working in the area of nutrition and cardiovascular health.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Research volunteers
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   Details of the clinical trials centre and types of research trials that are currently being conducted at Baker IDI to help fight the deadly trio of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Health 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:   May 2009
Title:   Healthy heart clinics
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:   May 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
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:   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:   Mar 2009
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:   Mar 2009
Title:   Kidney disease
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Kidney disease speeds up heart disease. Many patients with kidney disease die of heart disease before their kidneys stop working.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Managing the cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Patients with chronic kidney disease have risk factors for cardiovascular disease which are additional to those found in the general population.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Health care expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2004-05
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents comparisons of allocated expenditure on cardiovascular disease over time and relative to other disease types.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Undertreatment of rural people with cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   A report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that drugs and some interventions for cardiovascular disease are underused in rural areas.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Have glitazones lost their sparkle?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The thiazolidinediones, better known as 'glitazones', are under suspicion of causing serious, previously unsuspected adverse effects. Given these concerns, what can be said about the role of thiazolidinediones in third-line therapy of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes?
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for people with chronic kidney disease not requiring dialysis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at very high risk of heart disease. Statins have been shown to decrease cholesterol levels and mortality in the general population. The aim of this review was to analyse if a similar effect could be shown ...
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Heart disease and chronic kidney disease
Publisher:   Kidney Health Australia
Description:   Information about why the risk of heart disease increases if you have chronic kidney disease and suggested treatments
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Antiplatelet drugs for polycythaemia vera and essential thrombocythaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Low-dose aspirin as an antiplatelet therapy is the drug of choice for preventing cardiovascular events, but the potential risk of bleeding has limited its use in myeloproliferative disorders in the past. This review of 630 people in two trials found tha...
Date:   Jan 2008
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