| Name | Ray |
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| Location | Calgary |
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| Age | 46 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 14 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Just went 4 years without episode - 1993 to 1996 - weekly - 87- 91 - monthly |
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| Duration of episodes | 04/01/01 - 36 hours, 12/15/95 - 5 days, - often 3 to 6 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | Jogging - Treatment for TMJ - Jaw realignment |
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| General health | Very good, Never smoked, non- drinker |
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| Current state | Very good - except for A-fib |
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| Triggers | Exhaustion, getting tired, alcohol, caffeine, low potassium levels - muscles spasms in back & neck and very sore spine, also assume stress - not sure type of stress - never experienced problems while racing sports cars or long distance sailing or running 5 to 7 miles
- Sleeping & Watching sports
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| Preventions | - sleep 8 to 9 hours a day - eat a balanced diet - drink gatorade if exercising and eat a banana a day
- absolutley no alcohol & caffeine |
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| Current medications/side effects | Rythmnol (SP)- Metallic taste - sleepy - Zotec - GERD problems |
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| History of surgery | Tonsils removed
TMJ |
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| Future plans | Keep enjoying life - Life is a smorgasbord - Fight to not let A- fib get me down |
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| Personal comments | With data bases such as this the medical community may find a link and eventually a cure. It's a terrible infliction and has had a severe impact on my life and on families life. |
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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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