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Article: Five doctors couldn't tell I needed a new heart.(Column)
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2002
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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THE NHS undertakes 151 heart transplants a year. Here RACHAEL ARTHUR, 19, a hotel receptionist from Truro, describes her transplant and her surgeon Mr Steven Tsui, consultant cardiac surgeon at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, explains the procedure.
THE PATIENT
I WAS born with a congenital heart block which slows down the heart because electrical impulses between the top and bottom chambers don't get through.
When I was 14, I had a pacemaker fitted which was great. My doctor said I could go away and lead a normal life. Then in July 1999, just after my 17th birthday, when I was at college, I started feeling nervous and sick when I ate.
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