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As a fit person without high cholesterol or elevated blood pressure, Elizabeth didn’t think herself a likely candidate for a heart attack. However when she felt a heaviness in her chest she knew what she needed to do.

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The Heart Foundation is co-funding research to see if a simpler test could be used to identify treatment strategies for people who’ve had a heart attack. If successful, some people will avoid transfer from regional hospitals for more invasive tests, and those requiring treatment such as stents will get it…

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Janet never even suspected there was something wrong with her heart. And now, she still ponders if all the treatment was worth it. This is her account of what came to be.

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Heart troubles were the last thing young and healthy Kerrie expected, but at 12 weeks pregnant with her second child, she experienced a spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD).

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When Adrienne was diagnosed with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (or what she liked to call ‘hocus pocus’), she did not fully understand where it would lead. This is her story in her words.

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Sang-won tells his story in Korean. At first acute back pain sent him to a chiropractor, but when Sang-won also experienced chest pain and shortness of breath he knew it could be a heart attack.

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After watching both her father and brother go in for heart bypass surgery, Tina wants others to know that it’s worth checking on your heart.

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Denise woke one night with a pain in her shoulder and what she thought was indigestion. Just 15 minutes later, husband Phil wheeled her into accident and emergency (A&E), moments before she had a cardiac arrest. Over the next few hours her loved ones were left worrying whether she’d survive.

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It was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. What had begun the day before as a twitch in Wendy’s back had become a solid weight on her chest, and she questioned if she was having a heart attack. This is Wendy’s story in her own…

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