AFibbers Database: Brandon

Name	Brandon
Location	Northern California
Age	55
Diagnosed condition	AF
Years with condition	1.5
Frequency of episodes	once or twice a week
Duration of episodes	2-4 days
Event preceding first AF	None
General health	In good health, blood pressure low-normal, ex-smoker (quit 12 years ago), ex-drinker (one beer or glass of wine per day), now drink decaf
Current state	I feel okay in spite of being in A-fib half the time
Triggers	Possibly stress and going long periods without eating.
Preventions	Light-medium exercise seems to forestall it, at least temporarily.
Current medications/side effects	Light-medium exercise seems to forestall it, at least temporarily.
Past medications/side effects	Aspirin / Digitalis. The transition back to sinus rhythm was increasingly difficult and frightening, actually.
History of surgery	Major dental surgery within the past two years
Future plans	???
Personal comments	I finally had to get with the program for fear of stroke. The cardizem doesn't revert the A-fib, but it makes it less onerous. I'm a little breathless and sluggish starting out, but find that after 5-10 minutes I can jog and play tennis nearly as well as formerly. My endurance isn't what it was, however. I find that sometimes after a couple of days of A-fib an hour or so of leisurely tennis will send me back into a sinus rhythm. [A note of caution for those taking amiodarone. I have been informed by my brother-in-law, who is a reputable neuro-ophthalmologist, that amiodarone is a very dangerous drug which in sufficient dosage or duration of dosage can severely harm the optic nerve.]
Check list	acebutolol amiodarone (cordarone,pacerone) anisindione (miradon) atenolol (tenormin) aspirin azimilide bepridil betaxolol bisoprolol (monocor,emconcor) bretylium bucindolol carvedilol cibenzoline dicumarol digitoxin digoxin (lanoxin) diltiazem (cardizem) diphenylhydantoin disopyramide (norpace) dofetilide (tikosyn) dronedarone encainide esmolol (brevibloc) ersentilide flecainide (tambocor) gallopamil ibutilide (corvert) lidocaine mibefradil metoprolol (lopressor,toprol xl) mexiletine moricizine nadolol phenytoin procainamide propafanone (rythmol) propranolol (inderal) quinapril (accupril) quinidine (quinaglute) sotalol (betapace) tedisamil timolol tocainide trandolapril (mavik) valsartan (diovan) verapamil (calan,isoptin) warfarin (coumadin) asthma diabetes GERD/acid reflux hypertension hypotension hyperthyroidism hypothyroidism adrenergic vagal familial idiopathic/lone paroxysmal permanent/chronic atrial flutter cardiomyopathy CHF PAC PVC SVT syncope bradycardia tachycardia heart block myocardial infarction rheumatic heart diease sick sinus syndrome stroke WPW electrical cardioversion defibrillator pacemaker ablation bypass maze Male Female

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