Case Studies
Below are our 9 articles in the case studies' category:
“I was extremely nervous the day I went for my cardiac angiogram but, looking back, I realise I had no need to be worried. The whole procedure took...
Jane remembers feeling very hot, stressed and confined in her car on the M6 as she was on her way down to an important meeting in Birmingham. “I...
Tony first became aware that something was wrong when he was watching TV at his home in Reading. “I had been feeling tired, but nothing unusual and...
A heart pacemaker is implanted to correct problems with heart rhythm, such as a slow heart rate, to make the heart beat evenly and at the right rate....
Frances was only 29 when she died, leaving her husband with two small children. Fran’s friend Maggie still remembers hearing what happened like it...
Four years ago, when he was in his late 50s, Geoff began to feel breathless and tight-chested on his daily walk to work. “It was just over a mile...
Some babies are born with a hole in the heart, either in the wall between the atria or the wall between the ventricles. Smaller holes tend to close...
Dawn assumed that she was approaching her forties in excellent health. She had always eaten a fairly healthy diet, high in fruit and vegetables...
The birth of a first grandchild is usually a cause for great celebration and this was certainly true in Maria’s family. “When my older sister had a...
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