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

Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA31 >> He felt well informed before he signed the consent form for bypass surgery two weeks after his heart attack.

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 >> Age 71-80 >> Interview HA09 >> He asked the surgeon how many bypass operations he had done before he consented to surgery.

Heart attack 1995. Coronary artery bypass surgery September 1995 (Private). Current medication: aspirin, simvastatin, amlodipine, doxazosin, bendrofluazide, bisoprolol, enalapril

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