Profiles

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Interview HF26

1990 pacemaker (replaced in 1996 and 2003). Experienced tiredness and some dizziness since 1992. Not sure when heart failure diagnosed.

  • Background

    Retired farmer; married with 4 children.

  • Age at interview 72
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF18

    Heart attack 2002. Angina and heart failure diagnosed afterwards.

  • Background

    Retired factory manager; married with 4 children.

  • Age at interview 66
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF12

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

  • Background

    Retired miner; married with 3 children.

  • Age at interview 75
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF06

    1952 mitral stenosis. 2 valveotomies. Tricuspid and aortic valves replaced. Atrial fibrillation.

  • Background

    Retired secretary; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 68
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF40

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

  • Background

    Mother and housewife; widowed with 1 child.

  • Age at interview 84
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF34

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

  • Background

    Company Director; married with 1 child.

  • Age at interview 35
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF27

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

  • Background

    Registered nurse; married 2 children.

  • Age at interview 59
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF19

    Stroke 2001. Heart attack 2002. Heart failure diagnosed 2002.

  • Background

    Retired sales manager; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 64
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF13

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

  • Background

    Retired practice manager; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 69
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF07

    Asthma and high blood pressure. Became increasingly breathless during 2001. Heart failure diagnosed 2001.

  • Background

    Retired hotel worker; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 63
  • Sex/Gender Female