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Heart health is a cause very close to the heart of 31-year-old Buddisha Silva, so she leapt at the opportunity to volunteer at the Heart Foundation, launching a new career in New Zealand.

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For Natalie, a young wife, mother and nurse, a cardiac event happened on what seemed like an ordinary evening. But her nursing background immediately sounded internal alarms and she knew she was experiencing something out of the ordinary.

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Chess Severyn-Parrish is on a mission to show others who have experienced a serious heart event that life can go on – and even get better.

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Show your big heart and support research at the Heart Foundation Big Heart Appeal street collection, on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 February 2021.

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Show your big heart and support research at the Heart Foundation Big Heart Appeal street collection, on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 February 2021.

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Elaine Kirk’s heart attack was such a shock for the fit, non-smoking 57-year-old that she now makes good nutrition her main priority.

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When Lisa started feeling pressure near her collarbone, she assumed it was a muscle spasm caused by her massage that day.

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This Kiwi mum remains positive despite her unpredictable heart condition, atrial fibrillation but she says some days are “just plain tough”.

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Having lost both her father and elder sister to heart disease, Susan was first in denial about her symptoms. Then she was afraid she wouldn’t make it.

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As a former coronary care nurse, Annie had taught people in cardiac rehabilitation how to recognise symptoms of angina. Ten years ago, she had the chance to apply her knowledge personally.

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After being diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Sarah soon discovered how little was known about the condition. Now she’s sharing her story to help others facing a similar journey of uncertainty.

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The congenital heart condition, Holt-Oram syndrome, comes with challenges. For Keith, it has meant life-long medication, a number of pacemaker operations and more recently a heart transplant. But Keith has never let the syndrome rule his life.

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