Overview
- Neena Chauhan, now 40, is sharing how weeks of dismissed chest pain led to a sudden ‘crushing’ episode in 2013 that prompted an ambulance transfer to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
- Doctors immediately inserted a stent to open a blocked coronary artery, and she was told the rapid procedure likely averted cardiac arrest or death.
- The near-death event triggered about two years of PTSD and severe avoidance before a gradual return to exercise following a restorative family holiday.
- As part of her recovery and advocacy, she completed the British Heart Foundation’s November skipping challenge of 100 daily jumps, raising £628.
- The BHF says researchers are evaluating a new care pathway, including a potential finger-prick test, to identify people at risk before a heart attack and is urging donations to fund the work.