Journeys

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Rich

Congenital heart disease, Heart valve problems

Going from the height of fitness to needing an aortic valve replacement was a big adjustment for ...

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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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Paul

Carer’s story, Congenital heart disease, Heart attack

First there was an undiagnosed heart attack. Then, a trail of treatments with either limited or ...

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Robyn

Cardiomyopathy, Heart failure

Robyn woke up one morning and had no idea she was in Dunedin Hospital nor any recollection of how ...

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Mark

Atrial fibrillation, Congenital heart disease

Despite being born with a heart defect, Mark went on to be fitter than most and to doing a ...

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Patrick

Atrial fibrillation, Heart failure

Patrick could not believe he had heart failure – he was working well and feeling well. “I ...

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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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Ruth

Heart valve problems, Rheumatic fever and heart disease

“Life can be good again,” says Ruth, a critical care nurse who learned about the far-reaching ...

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Keith

Heart attack

Keith talks about his experience of a heart attack, how it affected his family and some of the ...

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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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David

Angina, Arrhythmia

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

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Te Aturangi

Cardiac arrest, Heart attack, Rheumatic fever and heart disease

After driving himself to hospital, Te Aturangi suffered both a heart attack and cardiac arrest. ...

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