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You are on trackKeep to your plan
- You can talk comfortably while walking, setting the table or doing laundry.1
- Feeling sad or anxious is normal and usually fades within a few weeks.1
- Feeling tired when you first get home from hospital is expected.1
- You take your medicines exactly as your doctor told you.1
- You go to cardiac rehabilitation to help your recovery.3
Warning signs: contact your doctorSee a doctor within 24 hours
- Your chest pain changes: stronger, more often, longer, or at rest.1
- Your medicines ease your chest symptoms less well than before.1
- You are suddenly more short of breath than usual.1,3
- You feel faint or lightheaded, or you are tired more often.2
- Your heartbeat is very slow, very fast or uneven.2
Emergency signsGo to the emergency department now, or call 997
- Chest pain that feels tight or squeezing, or spreads to arms, neck or jaw.3
- Chest pain that gets worse, comes back, or does not ease with rest or nitroglycerin.2
- Severe difficulty breathing: gasping, choking or unable to get words out.3
- Pale, blue or grey lips or skin, or passing out and not responding normally.3
- Heart attack signs can include breathlessness, cold sweat or nausea, even without chest pain.4
My next appointment
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