Cardiovascular disease in Australia cardiovascular disease. High blood pressure (hypertension) causes stress to the heart and its function that leads to heart disease. Males experience heart disease caused by hypertension than women. One in five Australians with high blood pressure suffers from heart disease (Nichols, 2014). A key step to prevent any type of heart disease is addressing the risk factors. Such as not smoking or use of drugs, regular exercising, have healthy diet, maintain healthy weight and have regular health screening to check up on blood pressure. These lifestyle changes reduces the risk of developing heart disease (Wood & Gordon, 2011). Prescribed medications
European Society of Cardiology profession from evidence-based clinical trials data. Guidelines aim to present all the relevant evidence on a particular clinical issue in order to help physicians weigh the benefits and risks of particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. The ESC organises several top cardiology congresses per year. The ESC Congress, has become the largest medical congress in Europe with an average of 30 000 attendees and has established itself as the world’s leading conference on the science, management and prevention of cardiovascular disease, attracting cardiologists, primary care physicians, scientists, healthcare industry leaders, regulators as well as media from all over the world. The