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Ward staff made a clinical judgement that the participant was post-treatment, clinically stable and well enough to participate.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A qualitative study using taped and transcribed interviews analysed using a thematic analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>While most participants did experience chest pain, it was often not their most striking symptom. As their chest pain did not match their expectations of what a \u2018heart attack\u2019 should be, participants developed narratives to explain these symptoms, including the symptoms being effects of their DM (\u2018hypos\u2019), side effects of medication (oral hypoglycaemics) or symptoms (such as breathlessness and indigestion) related to other comorbidities, often leading to delays in seeking care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>While truly absent chest pain during MI among people with DM was rare in this study, patients\u2019 attenuated symptoms often led to delay in seeking attention, and this may result in delays in receiving treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  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