| Name | Anon |
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| Location | Peterborough, UK |
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| Age | 46 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Ectopic heartbeat/ AF/ PVC/ flutter |
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| Years with condition | 6 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Was daily, now variable |
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| Duration of episodes | 1 - 8 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | None |
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| General health | Non-smoker, teetotal, vegetarian and fit but have recurrent heartburn |
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| Current state | Ablation twice, comes back in a lesser form after 8-months or so. |
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| Triggers | None, although some things, at some times, make it worse like MSG. I suspect this to be some kind of vagal stimulation as it happens after large meals and often occurs when I have an upset stomach. Possible relation to blood sugar levels. |
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| Preventions | None. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotolol, Propafenone (I tolerate this well). |
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| Past medications/side effects | Atenolol (tight and wheezy chest in the evening)
Propranalol
Warfarin
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| History of surgery | Ablation twice. |
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| Future plans | Keep seeing the consultant at Papworth, consider third ablation. |
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| Personal comments | This ruined my marriage and makes me periodically miserable. The impact of this condition on my relationships has been significant. |
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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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