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Preventing and surviving a heart attack

09 October 2025 Podcast

Cardiac care Podcast

Did you know many heart diseases can be prevented or delayed? According to the Australian Heart Foundation, heart attacks are responsible for causing almost one in 25 of all deaths (around 4%). This equates to one person dying of a heart attack approximately every 80 minutes, or on average 19 people every day.

In our latest Health and Wellness podcast episode, St John of God Subiaco Hospital Cardiologist Dr Michelle Ammerer talks about preventing, diagnosing and surviving a heart attack.

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First published 3 December 2020. Last updated 9 October 2025.

The medical information in this article is of a general educational nature only. It should not be relied on to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or as a substitute for the specific advice of a health professional.

Dr Michelle Ammerer - Cardiologist

St John of God Subiaco Hospital

Dr Michelle Ammerer is a graduate in medicine from The University of Western Australia and trained in cardiology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and subsequently at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

In addition to all areas of adult cardiology, Dr Ammerer is an interventional cardiologist with skills in coronary angiography, angioplasty and stenting.

Dr Ammerer is a consulting Cardiologist at St John of God Subiaco Hospital.

Dr Ammerer is also a director on the board of the WA branch of the National Heart Foundation, and a Fellow of both the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. She was the winner of the 2008 40 Under40 competition, recognising her considerable contribution to the field of cardiology and the community.

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