Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a risk factor for aortic dissection. A tear in the aortic wall is a medical emergency requiring immediate treatment.

They support recovery and healthy behaviours, risk-factor education and modification, medicine adherence, and review for medicine-related harm.

The Australian ACS guideline includes lipid-modifying therapy and blood-lipid management within secondary prevention. Consider inherited dyslipidaemia when the clinical and family history supports it.

Transthoracic echocardiography is the subject of the CSANZ statement on assessment and monitoring of adult structural and valvular heart disease.

Aortic coarctation is a congenital heart condition in which a section of the aorta is narrowed. Congenital lesions require assessment tailored to their anatomy and physiology.

Palpitations preceding syncope are listed as a concerning feature in Queensland guidance and may raise concern for a cardiac cause.

It is a graph of cardiac electrical activity. It can support diagnosis of arrhythmias, heart attack, pericarditis and abnormal electrical pathways, but findings need clinical interpretation.

Inflammation of the myocardium can impair pumping and cause an irregular heartbeat; severe cases may develop heart failure.

It covers social determinants and prevention, ARF diagnosis and management, RHD diagnosis and screening, secondary prophylaxis, and RHD management, within a cultural-safety framework.

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are recognised classifications.

It includes diagnostic work-up, risk-factor and comorbidity management, stroke prevention, ablation and integrated care.

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is the focus for assessment and monitoring of structural and valvular heart disease in adults.

Predictable chest discomfort associated with exertion or activity is a common angina presentation. New or concerning chest pain requires urgent assessment; suspected heart attack warrants triple zero.

An ECG can show abnormal heart electrical pathways. It is a useful diagnostic test, interpreted alongside symptoms and other findings.

Queensland guidance lists exertional onset, chest pain, palpitations beforehand, focal neurological deficit, significant injury, persistent symptomatic hypotension and family history of sudden cardiac death as concerning features.

Uncontrolled high blood pressure is identified as a risk factor. Sudden severe chest, back or abdominal pain should prompt emergency response.

Guideline topics include diagnostic work-up, comorbidity and risk-factor management, arrhythmia management, stroke prevention, ablation and integrated care.