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The Coronary Care Unit

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• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA10 >> Describes what it was like on the coronary care unit.

Heart attack April 2003. Angioplasty and stent, September 2003. Current medication: aspirin, atenonol, ramipril, clopidogrel, simvastatin

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA02 >> Describes the monitoring and interventions during the first few hours in the coronary care unit.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA30 >> He was very upset when one of the other patients died on the ward.

Heart attack/cardiac arrest December 1993, in hospital for two weeks. 2nd heart episode, January 1994, in hospital for two weeks. Current medication: aspirin, Tildiem Retard, GTN, simvastatin, ezetrol ezetimibe

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA02 >> The monitors and wires attached to him were gradually removed after the first two days in the coronary care unit.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA10 >> He had another heart attack while on the coronary care unit and so took longer to recover.

Heart attack April 2003. Angioplasty and stent, September 2003. Current medication: aspirin, atenonol, ramipril, clopidogrel, simvastatin

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA32 >> She was shocked how weak she was at first after her heart attack.

Heart attack July 2003, in hospital for 6 days. She declined the thrombolytic (clotbuster) drug. Current medication: ramipril, simvastatin, aspirin, metoprolol, GTN