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Irvine Herald & Niki Tennant

The silent symptoms Ayrshire gran suffered before fatal heart attack

No-one could point the finger at loving husband Dougie Potter for not recognising the symptoms of an impending fatal heart attack in his wife, Theresa.

Only now does he know they were there. But, unlike the typical lifestyle traits of a man harbouring coronary heart disease, Theresa was an active woman with a balanced diet, who abstained from drinking and smoking.

When cardiovascular disease suddenly claimed her life at the age of 62, Theresa didn’t experience the massive chest pains that tend to strike men.

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