| Name | anon |
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| Location | Australia |
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| Age | 56 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter |
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| Years with condition | 4 |
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| Frequency of episodes | every 2 to 4 days |
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| Duration of episodes | 12 to 30 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none other than I did have eptopic beats from time to time several years prior to the onset of AF |
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| General health | good |
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| Current state | fatigued and lethargic during AF |
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| Triggers | over eating, cold drinks, alcohol |
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| Preventions | Sometimes excercise can delay AF onset but not for long |
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| Current medications/side effects | Wafarin and Tenormin, nil side effects |
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| Past medications/side effects | sotalol - well tolerated but over time became pro arrythmic
flecanide - made me feel generally ill, converted me to SR but was pro arrythmic if taken regularly
disopyramide - dry eyes, dry mouth and thirst
verapamil - made me feel generally ill
cardizem - made me feel generally ill
digoxin - made me feel generally ill |
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| History of surgery | Atrial Flutter was ablated in October 2003. However, AF continues and atypical flutter was noted by the EP. |
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| Future plans | Will proceed with an ablation in 2006. |
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| 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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