Profiles

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Interview HF05

Rheumatic fever aged 15. Subacute endocarditis 1966. Aneurysm 1970. Mitral valve replaced 1995. Diagnosed with heart failure in her early 40's.

  • Background

    Retired special needs teacher; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 72
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF04

    Angina 1984. Retired on health grounds 1986. 1995-6 noticed breathlessness, heart failure diagnosed.

  • Background

    Retired nursing auxiliary; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 65
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF03

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

  • Background

    Retired engineering worker; married with 1 child.

  • Age at interview 64
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF02

    1996 pleural effusion in right lung. Heart failure. 1998 ruptured abdominal aorta.

  • Background

    Retired financial accountant; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 82
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF01

    3 heart attacks 1978, 1980, 1994. Angina. Ventricular tachycardia, Cannot recall being given a diagnosis of heart failure though he knows he has it.

  • Background

    Retired butcher; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 65
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF32

    Cardiomyopathy (and possibly heart failure) diagnosed mid-1990s. Liver transplant 2000.

  • Background

    Engineering consultant; married with 4 children.

  • Age at interview 62
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF31

    2001 started to notice breathlessness. Heart failure may have been diagnosed at one of several hospital appointments.

  • Background

    Retired property owner; widowed with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 76
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF30

    1979 hernia operation, heart damage discovered. 1980 pericardial sac removed. 1996 heart failure diagnosed.

  • Background

    Retired (ill health); married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 47
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF29

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

  • Background

    Unemployed; married with 3 children.

  • Age at interview 49
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF28

    2 heart attacks 1995. Triple bypass 1996. Diagnosis of diabetes 1995/6. Heart failure diagnosed some years later, probably in 2002.

  • Background

    Retired public relations; widowed, no children.

  • Age at interview 74
  • Sex/Gender Male