It's been a big month here for us as we delivered another successful fully booked out, Annual GP Conference in Noosa. It was an educational Day with great...
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What is Cardiac Arrest?
One of the most vital parts of the human body is the heart, which circulates blood throughout your body. Every cell in your body needs oxygen, which is...
Heart Week | May 1-7
Prevention is always the best method for securing a safe heart.Heart Health Awareness Week is the first Week in May from 1st-7th 2023. Join us in spreading...
Top 5 Tips to a Healthy Heart
Remember, it is never too late to start taking care of your heart, and even small changes can make a big difference in improving your heart health.The heart...
Three open heart surgeries, and going strong: Edward’s story of beating the odds
He may have had three open heart surgeries, but that’s not stopping Edward Rex from living life to the full.Being diagnosed with a heart condition is enough...
The Truth about Stress & Heart Disease
Taking time out to relax and unwind could be one of the best things you do for your heart. When you think of unhealthy habits that could potentially harm your...
The man least likely: How heart problems caught Mark off guard
When you think of a heart surgery patient, someone who lives a healthy lifestyle, has no symptoms and does daily exercise including a mix of yoga, walking,...
Annual GP Conference Wrap Up
Noosa delivered on the perfect winter's day as we welcomed our GP guests to the Sofitel ballroom for a welcome video of Heart HQ's journey to date and an...
20 years of TAVI!
This year we celebrate 20 years since the first in-man transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure was performed in Rouen, France, by Dr Alain...
Get a Heart Health Check this Heart Week!
This week, May 2nd-8th 2022, is Heart Week! Did you know that one Australian has a heart attack or stroke every four minutes?Heart Week aims to raise...
Mediterranean Diet and Heart Health
The Mediterranean diet is gaining a lot of popularity in the nutrition space, for good reason. Research has shown this style of eating to be beneficial for...
Our MitraClip accreditation – How it benefits our patients
More than half a million Australians are currently living with a type of Heart Valve Disease (HVD), known as Mitral Regurgitation (MR), which if left...
Diet and cardiovascular disease
Hypertension, being overweight and having high cholesterol are all risk factors for heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular disease – and all of these can be...
IN THE NEWS: How our MitraClip procedure is changing the lives of patients on the Sunshine Coast
Watch Dr Peter Larsen and Dr Stuart Butterly talking about the MitraClip procedure on 7 News - and how it is changing the lives of patients, like Hugh, with...
5 benefits of exercise for heart health
According to government guidelines, we should be physically active for 30-45 minutes a day, five times a week. We all know that exercise benefits our mind and...
Statins: Important for the prevention of cardiovascular disease progression
One of the questions we are often asked by patients is should they really be taking statins? There is so much information on the internet nowadays about the...
Heart attack signs: How do you know if you’re having one?
Almost 20 Australians suffer a fatal heart attack every day. Heart attacks occur when the arteries that supply blood to your heart become blocked,...
Be heart attack aware this World Heart Day
In Australia, around 375,000 people will have a heart attack at some time in their life. While the number of people who die from a heart attack is...
Women and cardiovascular disease – what you need to know
Did you know that three out of 10 Australian women will die from cardiovascular disease? Or that half a million Australian women suffer one or more heart,...
Cardiology tips: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
Not every patient who presents with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has obstructive atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. SCAD is frequently missed as a...