| Name | B Walker |
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| Location | Winfield, WV |
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| Age | 32 |
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| Diagnosed condition | A-Fib |
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| Years with condition | 4 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 1/year |
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| Duration of episodes | 1hour to 12 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | Grave's Disease diagnosis |
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| General health | asthma, allergies, water retention, no smoking or drinking, mid-level diet |
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| Current state | Occasional flutters and skips retaining lots of water |
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| Triggers | Even small amounts of sodium, caffeine and sugar. Medications such as HCTZ, Singulair, decongestants and inhalers. Significant stress of any sort. |
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| Preventions | Unknown |
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| Current medications/side effects | Flecanide - may be causing the flutters-- not sure
Inhaler
Singulair & HCTZ - known cause of fluttering
Antihistamines (no decongestants)
Synthroid - may be a flutter cause |
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| Past medications/side effects | Claritin-D enduced a-fib. Others cause flutters |
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| History of surgery | Gall Bladder
Thyroid Removal
Nose & throat surgery
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| Future plans | Possible ablation after synthroid leveled
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| Personal comments | This is a very scary condition. Not knowing what the future will hold. I am engaged at the moment and have to wonder if I will be around long enough to grow old with my fiance. |
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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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