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Customer relations manager, Vauvert (30)

Claire, 44 years old

Claire, 44 years old

"I lost my mother 3 months ago to a heart attack. She was 68. I feel terrible, because for a month she had been feeling tired and, above all, had stomach pains.

Having already had an ulcer, I thought like her that it was a stomach problem. The heartburn was often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Her condition was stable, but she was tired.

One day, I decided to take her to the doctor, and on the way she felt a pain in her chest. My daughter and I took her to the hospital emergency room and she was admitted to cardiology.
The results of her tests showed that her arteries were clogged and she needed emergency bypass surgery.

Taking medication for her diabetes, she had to wait 5 days before her operation. The day before her operation, she suffered a cardiac arrest at 3am. The cardiologists succeeded in restarting her heart, but only very weakly.

My sister and I had 24 hours to say goodbye to her forever. His death was a shock. I never thought that she was having repeated heart attacks until the last one, which was fatal.

Yesterday, I was in La Rochelle on a business trip and came across the Women's Heart Bus. I discovered the signs of heart attacks in women and realized that they can be different from those in men.

I wanted to thank you for the prevention campaigns you're running, which will save lives. Can I help you in any way? This cause is now very close to my heart.

 
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Anaïs, 37 years old

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