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• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Angioplasty & stents >> Angioplasty & stents

Angioplasty and Stents

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• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA20 >> A balloon pump was used to support the heart during angioplasty.

Heart attack 2000, transferred the following day to a regional cardiac centre for angioplasty. Balloon pump used during procedure. Current medication: aspirin, frusemide, simvastatin, lisinopril, GTN, isosorbide mononitrate

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA04 >> Had angioplasty when use of clot-busting drugs had failed. Describes signing the consent forms before his angioplasty.

Heart attack 2002. Thrombolytic (clotbuster) drug. Angioplasty and stent, in hospital eight days. Current medication: simvastatin, aspirin, ramipril, atenolol

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Aged under 40 >> Interview HA33 >> Describes having angioplasty and says it was less painful than she had expected.

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 HA22 >> Describes what having angioplasty was like.

Heart attack February 2003. Stent fitted February 2003.Current medication: aspirin, atorvastatin, atenolol, bisoprolol fumarate (Cardicor), omeprazole

• Condition
• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Heart attack

Publication date: August 2004          Last updated: December 2010

Review date: under review

 

Heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs when an artery carrying blood to the heart muscle is blocked. We interviewed 37 people about their experiences of this condition. Select from the key topics below, choose from the full list of topics, or explore all the interviews.