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Denise

Heart attack, High cholesterol

…did she know it was the start of a heart attack. A life-saving emergency quadruple bypass ...

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Graeme

Angina

For someone who doesn’t like to sit still, recovering from open heart surgery posed a particular ...

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Sarah

Cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo

After being diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Sarah soon discovered how little was known ...

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Chess

Heart attack

When first diagnosed with heart disease, Chess struggled with denial. She has been through stages of...

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Trevor

Atrial fibrillation

Trevor knew his heart skipped a beat long before he was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. Then, ...

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Anne

Angina, Atrial fibrillation

Anne has lived with microvascular angina for 25 years and more recently was diagnosed with atrial ...

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Denise

Cardiac arrest, Carer’s story

Denise woke one night with a pain in her shoulder and what she thought was indigestion. Just 15 ...

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Max

Angina, Cardiac arrest

Journalist Max Christoffersen sent us this column about heart disease, written for the Waikato ...

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Steve

Heart attack

At 72, Steve had never been seriously ill. A chef by trade, he prided himself on eating well and ...

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David

Angina

Chest pain led him to the doctor, but for public health worker David, what happened next was a ...

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John

Cardiac arrest, Heart attack

John avoided calling an ambulance when he experienced heart attack symptoms. But minutes after ...

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Janet

Angina

Janet never even suspected there was something wrong with her heart. And now, she still ponders if ...

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