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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview HF29 >> Thinks that heart failure nurse care has kept him out of hospital for 2 years.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF13 >> Her GP is reluctant to alter her medication.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview HF18 >> Describes how he heard the results of an angiogram.

Heart attack 2002. Angina and heart failure diagnosed afterwards.

• 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 61-70 >> Interview HF03 >> Would like another test to find out if his enlarged heart has returned to its normal size.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview HF38 >> Wonders whether his ejection fraction was normal and what it meant.

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

• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview HF33 >> His doctors were surprised at the state of his heart.

Heart failure diagnosed 2002.

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• Heart disease >> Heart failure >> Tests to measure heart function and strength >> Tests to measure heart function and strength

Tests to measure heart function and strength