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• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 40-50 >> Interview HA11 >> He had confidence in his consultant because of the way he spoke to him.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Aged 81 plus >> Interview HA15 >> Her doctors gave her conflicting instructions.

Heart attack January 2000. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, May 2000. Current Medication: clopidogrel, frusemide, GTN.

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA32 >> She had pains in her arms and was sick and had never felt so unwell.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Aged under 40 >> Interview HA33 >> It's difficult to understand when doctors use medical terminology and jargon.

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 >> Aged under 40 >> Interview HA05 >> Describes the very different approaches taken by two consultants and the effects on him and his family.

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 HA22 >> The nurses told her strict bed rest, the doctors wanted her to have a treadmill test: she wondered who to believe.

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

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• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Talking to doctors & nurses >> Talking to doctors & nurses

Talking to Doctors and Nurses