| Name | anon2 |
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| Location | Ontario, Canada |
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| Age | 60 |
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| Diagnosed condition | A-Fib (intermittently) |
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| Years with condition | 4 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Now almost daily |
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| Duration of episodes | Previously as long as 12 hours, now several seconds to several hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | None |
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| General health | OK |
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| Current state | Daily episodes are frustrating in the extreme |
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| Triggers | Have not been able to ID any |
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| Preventions | None |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotalol, 160 Mg. x 2 daily, Dogoxin .125 Mg daily. Aspirin 81 Mg daily
Possible: New Irregularities. Specifically double heart beats. E.g. beat-beat - pause, beat-beat - Pause |
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| Past medications/side effects | Bisoprolol, Propafenone, Aspirin.
Increase in skipped heartbeats |
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| History of surgery | Pulmonary Vein Ablation Feb. 2007. Improvement until September 2007 then back to irregular beats and A-Fib |
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| Future plans | Second Ablation |
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| Personal comments | Extremely frustrated that there are only a limited number of options and that to date none have been effective. Condition affects lifestyle and mood in a negative way.
Would like to form Southern Ontario A-Fib. Support Group if there is sufficient interest. |
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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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