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❤️ This Heart Week (4–10 May), hearts4heart is encouraging Australians to Never miss a BEAT.

Heart disease remains Australia’s leading cause of death, with one person experiencing a heart attack or stroke every 4 minutes.

This , the Heart Foundation is encouraging you to take a simple but important step towards improving your heart health, because caring for your heart can also help protect your kidneys and support diabetes health, as these are closely connected.

Here’s how you can get involved:

🩺 Book a Heart Health Check with your GP – a 20-minute check-up to assess your risk
⏱️ Find out your Heart Age – a quick 3-minute online tool
💬 Start the conversation – talk to your loved ones about their heart health and risk factors

👉 Visit the Heart Week webpage to learn more: https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/heart-week?&utm_source=hearts4heart&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=heartweek

During Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week 2026, we launched the SLOW Symptoms campaign to help Australians act sooner on heart valve disease. ❤️

A huge thank you to all the inspiring voices who joined us to put heart health in the national spotlight, and to Heart Valve Voice for helping bring the SLOW Symptoms campaign to Australia for the first time.

📣 Together, we reached millions of Australians to raise awareness of the SLOW symptoms and help speed up our nation’s response to valve disease.

Remember, the SLOW symptoms of heart valve disease are NOT just a normal sign of ageing. Look out for:

🫁 Shortness of breath
💫 Lightheadedness on exertion
⏳ Older than your years
😴 Weary or unusually fatigued

Speak to your GP about a stethoscope check today and visit our website to learn more about heart valve disease: https://hearts4heart.org.au/event/heart-valve-disease-awareness-week-16-22-february-2026/

It’s time to speed up Australia’s response to heart valve disease. ❤️⏱️

In 2021, an estimated 600,000 Australians were living with diagnosed heart valve disease - with another 254,000 unaware they had the condition. That’s around 850,000 Australians potentially affected by heart valve disease.

HVD occurs when a valve narrows (stenosis) or leaks (regurgitation), or more rarely, is absent, and its symptoms are often SLOW, silent and mistaken for normal ageing. ⌛

Know the SLOW symptoms of heart valve disease👇

🫁 Shortness of breath
💫 Lightheadedness on exertion
⏳ Older than your years
😴 Weary or unusually fatigued

Speak to your GP about a simple stethoscope check or visit our website for more information https://hearts4heart.org.au/event/heart-valve-disease-awareness-week-16-22-february-2026/