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• 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 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 61-70 >> Interview HF13 >> Explains what her angiogram felt like.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 31-40 >> Interview HF34 >> He thinks his GP's knowledge of heart disease is very general.

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

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