| Name | Joe B. |
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| Location | St. Louis, MO |
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| Age | 43 |
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| Diagnosed condition | a-fib |
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| Years with condition | 10 |
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| Frequency of episodes | depends, at times every day |
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| Duration of episodes | varies - longest was 36 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | smoked for a few years in college, was a weekly drinker (occasionally heavy), jog 3 times a week - 2 miles each time. |
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| Current state | after several weeks of frequent episodes, I recently went on Tykosyn. This hasn't worked either. |
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| Triggers | Not sure. Believe drinking and stress. Also possibly lack of sleep and dehydration. Truthfully I think if I avoided all these things I would still have some a-fib. |
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| Preventions | none. I have stopped drinking caffiene and alcohol but that hasn't helped. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Tykosyn - no side effects yet. Also a daily aspirin. Also taking cardizem again and recently started coumadin in preparation for ablation |
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| Past medications/side effects | Took cardizem for 7 years. Kept the a-fib in check for 6 years but also caused dizzieness due to low heart rate. Eventually this did not control the A-Fib. Feel much better in general since I stopped taking it, but having more A-Fib. |
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| History of surgery | Only a pyloric stenosis when I was 5 weeks old. |
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| Future plans | Ablation since Tykosyn doesn't seem to work. |
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| Personal comments | Wish I really knew what caused this. Would love to be off the drugs. Tired of feeling dizzy. I am worried about long term effects of ablation, as this is a fairly new procedure. |
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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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