| Name | Dave |
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| Location | San Francisco |
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| Age | 69 |
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| Diagnosed condition | AF |
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| Years with condition | 7 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 5 months |
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| Duration of episodes | a few hours to a few weeks |
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| Event preceding first AF | Pigging out at buffet restaurant |
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| General health | Very good except for hypertension |
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| Current state | Still get incidents. |
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| Triggers | Pigging out, eating late, drinking caffeine, or stress. |
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| Preventions | Avoid the above |
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| Current medications/side effects | atenolol 50 mg.day, digoxin .25 mg/day, lisinopril 40 mg/day. ECASA (enteric coated acetylsalicylic acid) 81 mg/day |
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| Past medications/side effects | amiodarone--sensitivity to sun |
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | Would like to find a cure. Dr. wants me to take warfarin but I don't want to. |
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| Personal comments | Incidents always start in the middle of the night and seem to stop sooner now. In the past I took amiodarone for weeks, was electrocardioverted, they stopped spontaneously, or I used the Valsalva maneuver.. |
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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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