AFibbers Database: Bob Weinberger

Name	Bob Weinberger
Location	Oregon, US
Age	65
Diagnosed condition	Afib (persistent)
Years with condition	3
Frequency of episodes	constant
Duration of episodes	until cardioverted (sometimes weeks)
Event preceding first AF	suddenly stopped 100mg/day altenolol - 2days prior to first episode.
General health	smoker ( quit 7/2005), overweight
Current state	semi cured
Triggers	none apparent
Preventions	altenolol, sotolol
Current medications/side effects	warfarin, cardizem, lasix, zocor, acupril, potassium suplement, aspirin. some shortness of breath - can't tell if associated with any specific med.
Past medications/side effects	Amiodarone - blurred vision, sensitivity to light, did not stop afib. Sotolol - slight bradycardia, prolonged Q-T ratio. Altenolol - shortness of breath, dry cough
History of surgery	ablation on 3/2/06 @ St. Alphonsus Hosp., Boise, ID. Dr. Karl Undesser. Alot of afib for 2 mos. following procedure. - needed to be cardioverted from one episode that had lasted 3 weeks. Have self converted from all subsequent episodes (never ever self-converted prior to ablation). After the first 2 mos. had a month of uninterrupted NSR. Subsequently have had episodes of afib lasting from a few minutes to 6o+ hrs. Have started taking a 50mg altenolol whenever afib starts & that seems to stop it within an hour or so.
Future plans	In October will consult w/ Dr. Undesser on need/possibility of second ablation.
Personal comments	Over weight.
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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