What is a heart attack?

How can you reduce your risk of having a heart attack?  

Knowing your risk of coronary heart disease is the first step to reducing your risk of having a heart attack. Yet many people don’t know that they are at risk. More than two thirds of Australian adults, or 12 million people, have three or more heart attack risk factors¹. 
The best way to find out your risk of having a heart attack is to see your GP for a heart health check if you are over the age of 45 (or 30 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people). 
You can reduce your risk by making positive changes to your lifestyle with the help of your doctor.