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Title	Chest pain: is it just indigestion or a heart attack?
Publication no.	BHC - 5235
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	How to recognise symptoms of a heart attack and what to do if they occur.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Bosnian (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), English (pdf), Italian (pdf), Korean (pdf), Macedonian (pdf), Portuguese (pdf), Russian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Thai (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	Children who are having heart surgery
Publication no.	AHS - 7555
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Information for parents of children having heart surgery at the Sydney Children's Hospital. Includes information on what to expect before and after surgery, and what services and facilities are available for families in the hospital.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), English (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	Eating well to prevent heart disease and stroke
Publication no.	AHS - 7080
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	A guide to healthy eating to prevent heart disease and stroke. Includes eating tips for lowering cholesterol and blood pressure, controlling blood sugar and losing weight.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), English (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	Heart Disease - how treatments can help
Publication no.	BHC - 6095
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	A guide to the causes of artery problems, how they contribute to heart disease, and how they can be treated.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), Czech (pdf), English (pdf), Farsi (pdf), Greek (pdf), Italian (pdf), Macedonian (pdf), Maltese (pdf), Polish (pdf), Portuguese (pdf), Russian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	Heart attack - know the warning signs and act immediately
Publication no.	BHC - 3310
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Recognising the symptoms of heart attack and what to do. Reducing the risk of heart disease. Information on heart-lung resuscitation courses.
Languages	Chinese Traditional (pdf), English (pdf), Italian (pdf), Serbian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Turkish (pdf)

Title	Heart health and cardiac rehabilitation
Publication no.	DOH - 5585
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Information about heart health, including risk factors for coronary heart disease, and how people can recover from heart disease with the help of cardiac rehabilitation services.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), English (pdf), Greek (pdf), Italian (pdf), Russian (pdf), Spanish (pdf)

Title	High blood pressure is a risk factor for dementia
Publication no.	OTH - 8805
Last update	11/04/2011
Summary	DL brochure providing information on how to maintain a healthy blood pressure to reduce the risk of dementia
Languages	Arabic (pdf), English (pdf), Macedonian (pdf)

Title	How to keep your blood pressure healthy
Publication no.	BHC - 3765
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Why high blood pressure harms health. Preventing high blood pressure.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), English (pdf), Italian (pdf), Khmer (pdf), Korean (pdf), Macedonian (pdf), Portuguese (pdf), Russian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Thai (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	Living well with chronic heart failure
Publication no.	OTH - 8460
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Information for people with chronic heart failure on how to manage their condition.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), English (pdf), Greek (pdf), Italian (pdf), Korean (pdf), Macedonian (pdf), Maltese (pdf), Polish (pdf), Portuguese (pdf), Russian (pdf), Serbian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)