Peter Bargh

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January 2009

  • the angiogram

    An angiogram is a way to determine the condition of theย  arteries inย  the heart. The doctor puts a catheter (fine hollow tube) into your artery from your groin region and feeds it up to the heart and then pumps…

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  • back home – after the heart attack

    continued… After a five day period in hospital I return home with a selection of medicines, a weary body and a mind of mixed emotions. I have a collection of British Heart Foundation leaflets covering the various issues/solutions to my…

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  • From A&E to the CCU

    …this continues from the heart attack post Having spent around four hours in A&E, suffering a heart attack, is was told a bed was available. Lyn, the nurse, apologised for the delay and said that the journey up would be…

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