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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Interview HF41 >> A doctor explains why doctors find it difficult to talk to patients about the end stages of heart failure.

• 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 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 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 61-70 >> Interview HF36 >> She describes the care and kindness shown by a consultant.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 71-80 >> Interview HF12 >> He wonders if anything else can be done to treat his heart failure.

Heart attack 1971. Angina 1973. Increasingly breathless and tired during 1990s during which heart failure diagnosed. Prostate cancer 2000. Gout and kidney failure 2002.