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Every year in Australia, 25,000 people experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Jess lost her husband, Bryan, to a sudden cardiac arrest in 2015. Eight years on she continues to share her story in the hope that she can help others understand the risks. Watch Jess’ emotional story and how new groundbreaking research from Dr Elizbeth Paratz is helping to make real progress in the fight against sudden cardiac death.
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A Heart Health Check with your GP will help you understand your risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 5 years and what you can do to prevent it.
Blood pressure is the pressure of your blood on the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps it around your body. Your blood pressure will go up and down naturally throughout the day depending on what you are doing, especially if you are doing exercise.
After receiving a Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant in 2020, Dr Thanh Nho Do has spent the last 3 years designing a soft skin-like robotic device that can help people with heart failure.
With new technology that will wrap around the heart using soft artificial muscles, and a miniature controller implanted under a person’s skin, this new device can improve the heart’s pumping action.
Read more about Dr Do’s research and how he believes his research will make a difference to people’s cardiovascular health in Australia.
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The two organisations have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding to bolster community and Government action relating to CPR and defibrillator access and use.