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          • Curried carrot soup
          • Hearty bean and ham soup
          • Meatball soup Milanese
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          • Tuna delight
          • King prawn salad with ginger dressing
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          • Chicken wrap
          • Easy beef hotpot
          • Fast fish medley
          • Lamb and mushroom kebabs
          • Fast vegetable spaghetti
          • Ocean trout (or salmon) fillets on pea mash
          • Wraps
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          • Nectarine and berry salad
          • Apricot nut muffins
          • Fresh fruit salad with mango and passionfruit salsa
          • Roast apples with pistachio nuts
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    • Tests, procedures and devices
      • Angiogram
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      • Chest x-ray and blood test
      • Defibrillators (ICDs)
      • Echocardiogram
        • Transoesophageal (TOE)
      • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
      • Electrophysiological study (EPS)
      • Exercise stress test
      • Gated blood pool scan
      • Heart scan
      • Pacemakers
      • Radiofrequency ablation
      • Stents
    • Heart surgery
      • Coronary artery bypass
      • Heart valve surgery
      • Complications from surgery
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      • Walking program
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    • Heart problems in active people
  • Patients' stories
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    • Garth
    • Sue
    • Angiogram and stent – a personal account
    • Claire
    • Robert
    • Neil
    • Michael
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Heart health

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Healthy livingHealthy living

Diet, exercise, risk factors, more...

 

Diseases and conditionsDiseases and conditions

Heart attack, angina, coronary heart disease, more...                                               

 

Investigations and treatments

Investigations and treatments

Angiogram, ECG, stents, more ...

 

Discovering you have a heart condition

Discovering you have a heart condition

Facing surgery, returning home, more ...

 

 

Living with a heart condition

Living with a heart condition

Patients' stories, staying active, more ...

 

Check your heart health IQ

 

Heart health quiz

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