| Name | Richard |
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| Location | Bay Area California |
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| Age | 71 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 9 |
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| Frequency of episodes | once a year |
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| Duration of episodes | less than two hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | gall bladder problems |
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| General health | until lately very good |
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| Current state | went into continuous atrial flutter nearly a month ago |
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| Triggers | Starts while resting. |
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| Preventions | Daily vigorous exercise prevents attacks. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Started on Flecainide after flutter started. I am on Coumadin in preparation for cardioversion.Will continue Flecainide after cardioversion. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Atenolol, metoprolol made it worse. Cardiologist believes the Flecainide will keep me out of AF. We will see. |
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| History of surgery | Had pacemaker installed but it is essentially turned of (starts if pulse goes below 30 BPM).
Gall bladder removal. I believe that an inflamed gall bladder caused the atrial fibrillation. Had GERT, numerous bouts. |
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| Future plans | Cardioversion on October 7, 2010. |
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| Personal comments | We'll see if cardioversion is the beginning or the end of my problems. At it worse I was have three or four attacks a night. Found that all sorts of stimulants (caffeine,hawthorn, ginger)help Found by experimentation that number of episode related to lack of exercise. A sufficiently rigorous exercise routine prevented AF. . Ginger pills when I couldn't exercise work but too many cause migraines. All this until the attack last month that put me in atrial flutter. |
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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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