The day Elie's heart stopped

Elie Levy (pictured right) says he literally owes his life to a British Heart Foundation campaign on how to spot heart attack symptoms.

Elie experienced only mild symptoms, and initially he wasn't worried. Little did he know that within minutes his heart would stop while he was in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

Luckily, Elie's wife Karen had realised the seriousness of what could be happening to her husband, and knew that she had to call 999 immediately.

Elie's story is a stark reminder of why you should never delay if you experience any of the symptoms, and he recounts it in an excellent interview on the New You web TV channel.
You can also brush up on the symptoms on our special heart attack campaign website.

Have you had experience of a heart attack? Tell us your story by posting a comment below.

Our Doubt Kills campaign gets a third wave

Our award-winning Doubt Kills campaign - which first ran in 2006 and again last summer - is currently enjoying a month-long reprise on the billboards, tube posters and bus sides of London.

As the majority of our users are based outside London, we nevertheless thought it a good opportunity to remind you of the core message of Doubt Kills, which is this: If you experience chest pain, call 999 immediately.

You can read more about this message, and hear from people whose lives have been saved by the campaign, on our special Doubt Kills website

There's also a free Doubt Kills podcast, an animation of what happens to your heart during a heart attack, plus an informative interactive quiz - and much more besides.