Profiles

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Interview HF14

Quadruple heart bypass 1999. Complications followed surgery. Heart failure diagnosed 2000.

  • Background

    Retired lecturer; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 56
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF39

    1994 started feeling unwell, heart failure diagnosed 1995.

  • Background

    Wife and mother; married with 3 children.

  • Age at interview 78
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF33

    Heart failure diagnosed 2002.

  • Background

    Unemployed; single with 1 child.

  • Age at interview 46
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • 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