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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> What causes it: heart attack and angina >> What causes it: heart attack and angina

What causes it: heart attacks and angina

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Other causes: valvular disease and cardiomyopathy >> Other causes: valvular disease and cardiomyopathy

Other causes: valvular disease and cardiomyopathy

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> People's ideas about causes >> People's ideas about causes

People's ideas about causes

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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF18 >> He gave up smoking after his heart attack.

Heart attack 2002. Angina and heart failure diagnosed afterwards.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Interview HF41 >> A doctor explains what causes heart failure and says people should not blame themselves.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF03 >> How smoking and working shifts affected his heart.

Heart attacks in 1976 and 1986. Angina 1991. Heart bypass 1991. Heart failure diagnosed 2002.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF38 >> Finds it unhelpful to speculate about causes of heart failure.

Ischaemic heart disease diagnosed 2001. Heart bypass 2002. Heart failure 2002.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF14 >> Describes how smoking affected doctors trying to make a diagnosis.

Quadruple heart bypass 1999. Complications followed surgery. Heart failure diagnosed 2000.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 71-80 >> Interview HF11 >> Reflects on his childhood eating and smoking habits.

Angina began in 1992. Replacement aorta 1994. 1998/9 heart failure diagnosed. Has had asthma and arthritis for many years.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF37 >> His cultural background makes it difficult to alter his diet and lower his cholesterol levels.

Diabetes for many years. Heart attacks 1992, 1995, 1998. Not sure when heart failure diagnosed, possibly 1998.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF24 >> Thinks her heart failure may have been caused by a virus or her genetic inheritance.

2001 heart damage followed a virus, which led to heart failure.