| Name | Leo |
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| Location | British Columbia |
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| Age | 61 |
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| Diagnosed condition | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 15+ |
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| Frequency of episodes | daily |
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| Duration of episodes | variable, minutes to hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | excelent, non smoker, occasional drinker |
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| Current state | variable |
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| Triggers | exercise, fatigue, excessive eating and I wish I knew what else triggers it. Aside from exercise, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the triggers. REcently had pulmonary vien ablation, now exertion seems to trigger episodes more often |
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| Preventions | none |
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| Current medications/side effects | currently on coumadin and 81mg asa. I have noted that during the last 6 months or so I have started to feel cold inside. I used to always be the warm one in the family but now I am the one to turn up the heat |
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| Past medications/side effects | gave up all other drugs, although I have been on amiodorone in past as well as the usual array of meds listed by others, such as verapamil,made it worse, rhythmol, worked for a few weeks, sotalol, made it worse, digoxin,didnt notice a difference, atenelol, no difference. |
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| History of surgery | tonsilectomy, reemed out prostate 13 years ago.(i have often wondered if there was a connection) various teeth. |
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| Future plans | do pva again |
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| Personal comments | this condition is psychologically debilitating. it keeps me from my accustomened active life style. |
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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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