Calls for heart checks with heart attacks a leading cause of death in Australia

It's National Heart Week - and with heart attack being the leading cause of death in Australia - the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute is setting up free heart health check-ups across the state. The health Tour hopes to identify the risk of heart disease in participants and save them from a deadly but preventable disease.

A doctor checking a patient's blood pressure (AAP) Credit: Anthony Devlin/PA/Alamy