| Name | Craig W |
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| Location | Los Angeles, CA |
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| Age | 49 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibulation, Block Artery and Flutter |
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| Years with condition | First occurence 1995 then off and off for last 7 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | Daily |
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| Duration of episodes | Hours each day |
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| Event preceding first AF | None |
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| General health | Marathon Runner and avid exerciser 30-40 miles a week running |
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| Current state | Toleratiing it |
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| Triggers | Stress and Anxiety, Alcohol, and excessive exercise |
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| Preventions | Exercise |
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| Current medications/side effects | Linsinopril, Coumadin, crestor, plavix, tikosyn and digitek |
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| Past medications/side effects | amiodrone (caused hyperthyroid went off it but it worked) solatol (slowed my heart rate so slow that I could not walk up a flight of stairs without feeling like i was going to faint) |
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| History of surgery | 2007 was a tough year was in the hospital 8 times trying to correct my Afib and then found out I had a clogged artery, which was fixed. Did 1 pulimonary ablation, 1 abalatioin to fix flutter, 3 cardio versions on 3 different drugs. In spite of this I was able to keep up a 30-40 mile running pace. |
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| Future plans | Dr. appointment on Friday 1/11/08 may try and do another ablation although the thought is a little scary but I am getting really tired of AFib |
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| Personal comments | Atril Fibulation is a pain but I try and grind my way thru it and just learn to deal with it. So far it has not really slowed me down but it seems to be getting worse. I would definitely see an Electrophyisoligitst instead of a normal Cardiologist. That was a mistake I made and I think it really set me back for a long time. |
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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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