Conditions of the heart and blood vessels, such as heart disease and stroke, and the risk factors behind them, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The right support lowers your risk and helps you live well.
Cardiovascular disease covers conditions of the heart and blood vessels, such as coronary heart disease, heart failure and stroke. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, diabetes and kidney disease all raise the risk. Australian guidelines recommend an overall cardiovascular risk assessment for adults aged 45 to 79, from age 35 for people living with diabetes, and from age 30 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.12
Diabetes and heart disease are closely linked, so our team looks at heart health for everyone we support. Our exercise physiologists run safe, monitored programs, and our dietitians help you build a heart-healthy way of eating, coordinated with your GP and cardiologist.
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Symptoms are a guide, not a diagnosis. Your GP confirms the diagnosis; our team helps you manage it day to day.
The teams and services that most often support people with this condition. They work from one shared plan, and one GP referral reaches all of them.



Our care follows the 2023 Australian guideline for assessing and managing cardiovascular disease risk, Heart Foundation guidance, and the RACGP and Diabetes Australia handbook Management of type 2 diabetes.
For most people, yes, and it is one of the most effective ways to lower cardiovascular risk. Our exercise physiologists assess you first, design a program that suits your heart and monitor you as you go. After a recent heart event, we work with your cardiology team on timing.
Diabetes raises cardiovascular risk, so managing glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol together gives the best protection.
No referral is needed for private appointments. With a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan, Medicare rebates apply to up to five eligible allied health visits a calendar year.
Yes. We coordinate with your GP and treating specialists so everyone works from the same plan.
Yes, many of our services are available by phone or video where appropriate.
Tell us what is going on and we will point you to the right discipline, or to more than one. Most people start with a single appointment and leave with a plan the rest of the team can see.
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Phone (08) 6110 0570 · Medicare, NDIS, DVA and private options across our services
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Send an online referral in under two minutes. One referral reaches every discipline at PDC Health Hub.