Profiles

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Interview HF20

Interview with a carer married to a man who developed heart failure in the late 1990s after several heart attacks.

  • Background

    Wife and mother; married with 3 children.

  • Age at interview 76
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF21

    Interview with a carer, married to man who had a stroke in 2002 and developed heart failure soon afterwards.

  • Background

    Clerical officer; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 61
  • Sex/Gender Female

    • Interview HF22

    Interview with a carer who is married to woman who has had heart problems for several years.

  • Background

    Retired engineer; married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 72
  • Sex/Gender Male

    • Interview HF25

    Angina for many years. Heart failure angina for many years (unsure when it started). Heart failure diagnosed 2002.

  • Background

    Retired technical officer; married 1 child.

  • Age at interview 82
  • 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

    • 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 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 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 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 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