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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF35 >> Explains her consultant thinks she contracted a virus that attacked her heart.

Felt breathless 1999. Heart failure diagnosed in 2000.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF08 >> Was reassured that there was something that could be done for her at diagnosis.

Cardiac arrest 2001. Dilated cardiomyopathy 2001. Heart failure 2001.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF08 >> Describes her ideas about the causes of her dilated cardiomyopathy.

Cardiac arrest 2001. Dilated cardiomyopathy 2001. Heart failure 2001.

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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Heart failure

Publication date: February 2004         Last updated: March 2010

Review date: March 2012

 

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.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF08 >> Describes her ideas about the causes of her dilated cardiomyopathy.

Cardiac arrest 2001. Dilated cardiomyopathy 2001. Heart failure 2001.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF08 >> Was reassured that there was something that could be done for her at diagnosis.

Cardiac arrest 2001. Dilated cardiomyopathy 2001. Heart failure 2001.