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When Shirley first noticed breathlessness walking up a hill, she assumed it was a result of her congenital birth defect. She was “flabbergasted” to learn it was a heart condition. This is her story.

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Even though David’s family has a history of heart attacks, it took him three months to visit the doctor about the pain in his sternum. Further investigation revealed two blocked arteries.

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New research is investigating if some antidepressants affect blood cholesterol and blood clotting, which could inform treatments for people with both depression and heart disease.

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Doctors were surprised to discover Kathleen’s heart attack had triggered a second, more unusual, heart condition – takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Now she’s celebrating the fact she’s here to tell her story.

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After a heart attack and cardiac arrest, Steve knows he’s lucky to be here. Since then he’s lost 20 kgs, taken up exercise, and - armed with his heart medication - is optimistically looking forward to the future.

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Judy wasn’t worried about her aortic valve replacement – it wasn’t an uncommon operation and there was every indication that recovery would be straightforward. This is her story, in her own words.

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For someone who doesn’t like to sit still, recovering from open heart surgery posed a particular challenge for Graeme: “I just wanted to be up and doing something.”

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Frances Singleton is so fit that her husband struggles to keep up and her grandchildren call her “fast forward granny”.

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Despite suffering a near-fatal heart attack just six months ago, Karen Grainger is feeling the best she has in years.

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Rachel Turner says one of the hardest things about having a heart attack so young is that most people don’t believe she had one.

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Shaun Lewis was 40 years old, fit, happily married and father to three young kids. Although he had a family history of heart disease, he kept a close eye on his health and there were no alarm bells.

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It took a few years for Stephen Bovett to mention his angina symptoms to his GP but he soon discovered his situation was more urgent than he’d imagined.

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