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There are more than 186,000 people living with some form of heart disease in New Zealand. Read and watch some of their stories, learn from others' life experiences, and find tips to help you and your family/whānau on your journey.
Find out why DJ Sela Alo and others like him are sharing their personal heart health stories
When first diagnosed with heart disease, Chess struggled with denial. She’s been through stages of grief, but now faces her new reality with optimism.
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Heart attack
Approximately 11 years ago, Josie began to feel pain between her shoulder blades. A trip to the ...
Angina, Heart valve problems, High cholesterol
Even though David’s family has a history of heart attacks, it took him three months to visit the ...
Angina
Margarita had been suffering from breathlessness for a while, but as she had another serious illness...
Cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo
After being diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Sarah soon discovered how little was known ...
Aortic aneurysm, Arrhythmia, Congenital heart disease, Heart valve problems
Marty has refused to be defined by his congenital heart conditions, and his open heart surgeries. In...
Angina, Atrial fibrillation
Anne has lived with microvascular angina for 25 years and more recently was diagnosed with atrial ...
Aortic aneurysm, Congenital heart disease, Heart valve problems
Nicky has known all her life that she was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, but it wasn’t until ...
Aortic aneurysm, Arrhythmia, Heart valve problems
As someone living with tachycardia, valve disease and an aortic aneurysm, Peter is all too familiar ...
Arrhythmia, Atrial fibrillation, High blood pressure
After a climb up Mount Taranaki, passionate hiker Peter experienced an irregular heartbeat and high ...
Janice knew she hadn’t been feeling 100%, but it wasn’t until her GP ordered some blood tests ...
Cardiac arrest
Denise woke one night with a pain in her shoulder and what she thought was indigestion. Just 15 ...
Heart attack, SCAD
As a former international triathlete Anna was used to pushing her body to its limits. So when she ...
