| Name | John O'Reilly |
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| Location | Georgetown Ontario |
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| Age | 66 |
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| Diagnosed condition | a-fib |
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| Years with condition | 8 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 1-3 a month |
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| Duration of episodes | 8-18 hours |
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| General health | Mitral valve repair patient |
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| Current state | Okay except for a-fib |
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| Triggers | Alcohol
Big meals
Too spicy food
Frequently unknown |
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| Preventions | Don't eat or drink too much |
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| Current medications/side effects | Digoxin 0.25mg/day
Captopril 75mg/day
Sotalol 160mg/day
Pravastatin 10mg/day
Ranitidine 150mg/day
Coumadin 5-7mg/day |
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| History of surgery | Mitral valve repair in 1992
Metal ring in mitral valve to facilitate reconstruction |
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| Future plans | Cardiologist wants me to try Amiodarone
I am still thinking about it.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't! |
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| Personal comments | How do you tell what kind of a-fib you have and what is vagal? |
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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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