Heart disease remains one of Australia's biggest health challenges — but how much of it could actually be prevented?

This week on The XYZ Experiment, we welcome back Susie Cartledge, Senior Research Fellow at Monash University and Clinical Nurse Consultant at Alfred Health, to talk about heart health, prevention and the changing way we deliver cardiac care.

Susie takes us through the risk factors for heart disease that we can actually do something about and explains why cardiac rehabilitation can make such a difference after a cardiac event — yet so many people who are referred never attend.

We also explore whether telehealth and hybrid models could make cardiac care more accessible, challenge the assumption that older generations can't or won't engage with digital healthcare, and look at what needs to change to ensure  ...