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Attitude to Life

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• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA07 >> He doesn't get stressed about what might happen in the future and carries on as he was before his heart attack.

Heart attack 1998. Coronary artery bypass surgery 1998. Current medication: aspirin, simvastatin

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 40-50 >> Interview HA11 >> His heart attack put things into perspective and he no longer takes things for granted.

Heart attack February 1999. Angioplasty and stent, February 1999. Current medication: aspirin, ramipril, simvastatin

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA03 >> She stopped putting off doing things she wanted to in order to get chores or housework done.

Heart attack 1998. Thrombolytic (clotbuster) drug, five days in hospital. Coronary artery bypass surgery 2000. Current medication: aspirin, atorvastatin, bisoprolol, ramipril, isosorbide mononitrate.

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 40-50 >> Interview HA36 >> She's learned to relax and no longer runs around trying to get everything done in a day.

Heart attack December 1998, in hospital10 days. Current medication: atenolol, aspirin, atorvastatin

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA31 >> He views each day as a bonus and makes sure he lives life to the full after his bypass surgery.

Heart attack May 2003, in hospital for six days. Angina attacks May-November. Coronary artery bypass surgery November 2003. Current medication: aspirin, ramipril, simvastatin

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Aged under 40 >> Interview HA33 >> Was worrying about her stent clogging up, but that's getting less, and positive thinking is gaining ground.

Heart attack 2003. Thrombolytic (clotbuster) drug. Severe chest pain several months later, angioplasty and stent 2003. Current medication: clopidogrel, aspirin, bisoprolol, simvastatin, ramipril, lansoprazole

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA23 >> He had two heart attacks but refuses to be dominated by the possibility that he might have another.

Heart attack 1991. Heart attack 1998. Five blockages in main coronary artery. Stent or coronary artery bypass surgery not possible. Current medication: aspirin, diltiazem, losartan, isosorbide mononitrate

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA02 >> He made an effort to avoid losing his temper with his children, not wanting them to remember him like that.

Heart attack, 2003. Thrombolytic (clotbuster) drug, six days in hospital. Current medication: aspirin, atenolol, ramipril, simvastatin, GTN

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Aged under 40 >> Interview HA05 >> He talks about how he copes after having a massive heart attack and now heart failure.

Cardiac arrest May 2001, 21 days in hospital. Coronary artery bypass surgery July 2001. Heart attack 2003, heart failure diagnosed. Current medication: aspirin, ramipril, carvedilol, clopidogrel, nicorandil

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA19 >> He makes the most of each day and doesn't worry too much about the future.

Heart attack 1996. Heart attack 1999. Angioplasty 2000. Angioplasty 2004. Current medication: clopidogrel, aspirin, isosorbide mononitrate, losartin, doxazosin, simvastatin