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Discovery :
What is heart failure?
Getting the diagnosis
Impact of the diagnosis
What causes it: heart attack and angina
Other causes: valvular disease and cardiomyopathy
People's ideas about causes
Stress and heart failure
Feeling breathless, tired and lifeless
Oedema, palpitations and wakefulness
Looking for information
Tests and treatments :
Tests to measure heart function and strength
Angiograms and angioplasty
Beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors and diuretics
Warfarin, digoxin and statins
Side effects of medication
Surgery and medical devices for heart failure
Heart transplants
Follow-up and support :
Specialist nurses
Cardiac rehabilitation and support groups
Follow-up visits, hospitals and GP's
Communicating with medical staff
Living with it :
Home life and everyday routines
Sports, hobbies and activities
Travelling, holidays and trips away from home
Coping with medication
Eating, drinking and exercise
Bad days, anxiety and depression
What carers think
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Aged 71-80
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Interview HF12
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He started smoking aged 14 and gave up when he retired.
Heart attack 1971. Angina 1973. Increasingly breathless and tired during 1990s during which heart failure diagnosed. Prostate cancer 2000. Gout and kidney failure 2002.
Heart disease
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Heart failure
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Aged 61-70
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Interview HF18
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He gave up smoking after his heart attack.
Heart attack 2002. Angina and heart failure diagnosed afterwards.
Heart disease
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Heart failure
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Aged 61-70
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Interview HF03
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How smoking and working shifts affected his heart.
Heart attacks in 1976 and 1986. Angina 1991. Heart bypass 1991. Heart failure diagnosed 2002.
Heart disease
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Heart failure
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Aged 51-60
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Interview HF14
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Describes how smoking affected doctors trying to make a diagnosis.
Quadruple heart bypass 1999. Complications followed surgery. Heart failure diagnosed 2000.
Heart disease
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Heart failure
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Aged 71-80
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Interview HF11
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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
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Heart failure
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Interview HF41
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A doctor advises that if people want to avoid heart failure they should avoid smoking also eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day is a go
Heart disease
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Heart failure
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Aged 61-70
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Interview HF01
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Says his heart attack was caused more by stress than smoking.
3 heart attacks 1978, 1980, 1994. Angina. Ventricular tachycardia, Cannot recall being given a diagnosis of heart failure though he knows he has it.
Heart disease
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Heart failure
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Interview HF41
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A doctor explains what causes heart failure and says people should not blame themselves.
Heart disease
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Heart failure
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Aged 41-50
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Interview HF33
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His heart failure nurse has booked in him for a course to help him quit smoking.
Heart failure diagnosed 2002.
Heart disease
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Heart failure
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Aged 71-80
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Interview HF12
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He started smoking aged 14 and gave up when he retired.
Heart attack 1971. Angina 1973. Increasingly breathless and tired during 1990s during which heart failure diagnosed. Prostate cancer 2000. Gout and kidney failure 2002.
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