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Talking to Doctors and Nurses

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• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA29 >> He was given inadequate information because of the poor hand over between two nurses.

Heart attack 1994, in hospital for five days. Current medication: aspirin, simvastatin, lisinopril, bendrofluazide

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA23 >> The cardiac nurses were very good at explaining procedures and giving information.

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 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

• Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Aged under 40 >> Interview HA05 >> Find out information from the cardiac care team and talk to other heart patients.

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