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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Specialist nurses >> Specialist nurses

Specialist nurses

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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 80+ >> Interview HF17 >> Feels he can contact his heart failure nurse anytime.

1994 angina. Heart attacks 1994 and 2001. Heart failure diagnosed 2001.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 71-80 >> Interview HF28 >> His heart failure nurse visits him once a fortnight.

2 heart attacks 1995. Triple bypass 1996. Diagnosis of diabetes 1995/6. Heart failure diagnosed some years later, probably in 2002.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF14 >> He usually prefers to go to hospital to see his heart failure nurse.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF14 >> Feel his heart failure nurse explains things to him in depth.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview HF33 >> His heart failure nurse has booked in him for a course to help him quit smoking.

Heart failure diagnosed 2002.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview HF29 >> Thinks that heart failure nurse care has kept him out of hospital for 2 years.

1998/9 idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure diagnosed. Experiences episodes of chest pain and breathlessness.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 71-80 >> Interview HF28 >> Finds his heart failure nurse reassuring and honest about his prognosis.

2 heart attacks 1995. Triple bypass 1996. Diagnosis of diabetes 1995/6. Heart failure diagnosed some years later, probably in 2002.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF14 >> He doesn't like to call his heart failure nurse at anti-social hours.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 31-40 >> Interview HF34 >> Finds his heart failure nurse extremely helpful and reassuring.

Heart attack 1992, Triple bypass 1993. Angina 1999. Heart failure diagnosed 2003.

• Condition
• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Heart failure

Publication date: February 2004         Last updated: March 2012

Review date: March 2014

 

In heart failure the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. We interviewed 42 people about their experiences of this condition. Select from the key topics below, choose from the full list of topics, or explore all the interviews.