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Steve

Cardiac arrest, Heart attack, High blood pressure, High cholesterol

After a heart attack and cardiac arrest, Steve knows he’s lucky to be here. Since then he’s lost...

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Dorothy

Atrial fibrillation

Dorothy knew how to cope with the anxiety and panic attacks that she’d lived with most of her ...

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David

Angina, Arrhythmia

“It’s important to believe what your body tells you, and to challenge the view that everything ...

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Jim

Angina

Jim survived a series of near-death experiences. He was pronounced dead after surgery 12 years ago, ...

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John

Aortic dissection

Following his aortic dissection, John faced both physical and emotional challenges on the road to ...

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Kwang

Heart attack

Kwang tells his story in Korean. He visited a chiropractor for acute back pain before he realised it...

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Steven

Atrial fibrillation

No health expert can truly know what an episode of atrial fibrillation is like unless they have ...

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Kerrie

SCAD

Heart troubles were the last thing young and healthy Kerrie expected, but at 12 weeks pregnant with ...

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Pirjo

Carer’s story

Pirjo’s husband Rick was hit by influenza which caused inflammation and damage to his heart. She ...

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Charlie

Angina

When he failed his bi-annual physical competence test, Rotorua policeman Charlie wanted some ...

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Yvonne

Angina

Yvonne’s life was so full and contented that she was oblivious to any issues with her heart. Then ...

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Faye

Cardiac arrest

Faye, a 48-year-old schoolteacher at a primary school in Whanganui, epitomises the term ‘busy ...

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