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Heart attack 1998. Thrombolytic (clotbuster) drug, five days in hospital. Coronary artery bypass surgery 2000. Current medication: aspirin, atorvastatin, bisoprolol, ramipril, isosorbide mononitrate.

Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA31 >> Four months after bypass surgery his scars had healed well and he had no problems with his leg.

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 >> Aged under 40 >> Interview HA05 >> Describes how his young children reacted to his scars as he was recovering from bypass surgery.

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

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