AFibbers Database: Sikenward

Name	Sikenward
Location	Birmingham UK
Age	60
Diagnosed condition	Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Years with condition	8
Frequency of episodes	1 per month
Duration of episodes	8-9 hours
Event preceding first AF	none
General health	Good health, non smoker, was a moderate drinker, slightly overweight
Current state	Tolerating episodes, feel quite good between episodes
Triggers	Stress. Possible triggers are chinese food, alcohol, caffeine, chocolate, body positions, bending
Current medications/side effects	Bisoprolol, aspirin General fatigue most likely because of lowered heart rate
Past medications/side effects	Flecainide Increased number of episodes, bad fatigue, poor sleep due to ectopics at night. Propranolol
History of surgery	None
Future plans	Possible ablation. EP says 'I am heading towards an ablation'
Personal comments	Episodes once a month resolve with Flecainide as 'pill in the pocket' in 1 to 3 hours. This I can live with while I watch the technology of ablations rapidly progress. I would hope to get an ablation before age 65.
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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