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Age 61-70
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Interview HA26
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He walked the Great Wall of China two years after his second heart attack.
Heart attack 1984. Heart attack 1996. Stroke 1997 - dispraxia. Current medication: atenolol, simvastatin, frusemide, lisinopril, amlodipine
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Age 61-70
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Interview HA12
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He checked that the hotel was not near a steep hill when he went on his first holiday after his heart attack.
Heart attack, March 2003. Coronary artery bypass surgery July 2001. Current medication: aspirin, cozaar, pravastatin (lipostat)
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Heart attack
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Age 61-70
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Interview HA01
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She does not yet feel confident enough to travel far from her local hospital.
Heart attack 2003. Current medication: aspirin, atorvastatin, atenolol, bendrofluazide
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Age 61-70
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Interview HA29
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His heart attack ten years ago with no complications since, has not prevented him from going on holidays and snorkeling.
Heart attack 1994, in hospital for five days. Current medication: aspirin, simvastatin, lisinopril, bendrofluazide
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Age 71-80
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Interview HA06
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Describes his experience of getting medical insurance for his holiday in Canada.
Heart attack 1996, six days in hospital. Current medication: aspirin, metoprolol, isosorbide mononitrate, atorvastatin, glyceryl trinitrate.
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