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Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 51-60 >> Interview HA25 >> Smoking eighty cigarettes a day contributed to his heart attack.

Heart attack June 2001. Heart attack July 2001. Current medication: atenolol, atorvastatin, clopidogrel, lisinopril

Heart disease >> Heart attack >> Age 61-70 >> Interview HA04 >> He quit smoking after his heart attack to help his recovery.

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 HA08 >> He continued to smoke and didn't reduce his workload until he had a second heart attack.

Heart attack 1979. Coronary artery bypass surgery 1982. Heart attack 1989, angioplasty and stent 2001. Implanted cardiac defibrillator fitted 2001. Current medication: aspirin, GTN, bisoprolol, ramipril, rosuvastatin

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