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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF32 >> He understood his diagnosis and visualises his heart like a withered hand.

Cardiomyopathy (and possibly heart failure) diagnosed mid-1990s. Liver transplant 2000.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 80+ >> Interview HF02 >> He was not well enough to really understand his diagnosis.

1996 pleural effusion in right lung. Heart failure. 1998 ruptured abdominal aorta.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF35 >> She was told she had heart failure by a nurse in hospital.

Felt breathless 1999. Heart failure diagnosed in 2000.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF27 >> Says that getting her diagnosis was traumatic.

May have silent heart disease. Heart bypass 1999. Heart failure diagnosed. 2002 angioplasty and stent.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview HF29 >> He found his diagnosis very difficult to grasp.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF03 >> Received his diagnosis of heart failure from a GP in his practice.

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

• 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 HF13 >> She has not had a diagnosis of heart failure.

1988 heart attack. Angina 1998. Heart bypass and stent 1998. Uncertain when diagnosis of heart failure made.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 71-80 >> Interview HF31 >> Describes her diagnosis of heart failure.

2001 started to notice breathlessness. Heart failure may have been diagnosed at one of several hospital appointments.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 80+ >> Interview HF09 >> He was diagnosed with a tired heart and explains some of the difficulties he has had since.

1976 heart attack. Heart bypass 1992. Pacemaker 1997 (replaced 2000). Uncertain when heart failure diagnosed.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 71-80 >> Interview HF28 >> A newspaper advertisement made him think he had heart failure.

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 61-70 >> Interview HF04 >> Wonders why it takes so long to get a diagnosis of heart failure after tests.

Angina 1984. Retired on health grounds 1986. 1995-6 noticed breathlessness, heart failure diagnosed.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF36 >> She felt angry at first when she got her diagnosis.

Dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosed 2001. Stent 2002. Heart failure diagnosed 2002. Bi-ventricular pacemaker 2003.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview HF29 >> His first thoughts on getting his diagnosis were 'how long have I got?'

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF18 >> He was shocked and unprepared for his diagnosis of heart failure.

Heart attack 2002. Angina and heart failure diagnosed afterwards.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 31-40 >> Interview HF34 >> He felt shocked by his diagnosis at first but was reassured by his consultant.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF38 >> After his diagnosis he felt concerned about his family.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview HF33 >> His diagnosis upset his family and worried his twin brother.

Heart failure diagnosed 2002.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 71-80 >> Interview HF39 >> Her children arranged for her to consult an Indian doctor who gave her a diagnosis she understood. (Video and audio clips in Punjabi, text in english.

1994 started feeling unwell, heart failure diagnosed 1995.

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 80+ >> Interview HF40 >> She did not understand her treatment or illness and her son arranged for her to have tests in America. (Video and audio clips in Punjabi, text in engl

Has had arthritis for many years. In 2001 became unwell with chest pains and soon afterwards heart failure was diagnosed.

• 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.

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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Getting the diagnosis >> Getting the diagnosis

Getting the diagnosis

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Impact of the diagnosis >> Impact of the diagnosis

Impact of the diagnosis

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview HF30 >> Describes his response to finding his heart was not strong enough for a heart transplant.

1979 hernia operation, heart damage discovered. 1980 pericardial sac removed. 1996 heart failure diagnosed.