‘Salt is a no-no’, says bypass man for Heart Week

RICK loved his greasy foods. Fries. Fish and chips. Steak and onions. But the 69-year-old was also an active man. He loved pottering around in his back garden, working with wood, cement and concrete.

Riccardo Fusciardi - Rick to his friends - also regularly played golf.

So when, about a year ago, he started noticing a little bit of breathlessness and tightness in the chest when going upstairs, he didn’t think an awful lot of it.