| Name | ron |
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| Location | California |
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| Age | 66 |
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| Diagnosed condition | atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 10 |
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| Frequency of episodes | now once/week |
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| Duration of episodes | 1-6 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | Heart by-pass surgery |
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| General health | good, non-smoker, light to now non-drinker, heart condition controlled |
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| Current state | good |
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| Triggers | caffeine, alcohol, over exertion especially upper body, arms and shoulders, exhaustion |
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| Preventions | None known |
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| Current medications/side effects | Quinidine/unk
Atenolol/fatigue
Coumadin
Zycol for cholesterol control |
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| Past medications/side effects | Baycol stopped when medication was recalled |
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| History of surgery | 1982 Heart Bypass surgery
1990 Second Heart Bypass Surgery |
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| Future plans | Currently the meds are not controlling the AF. Plan is to ask cardiologist if another medication might work. No plan to risk more surgery at this time. |
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| Personal comments | Up until recently the AF has been tolerable. However as the episodes come more frequently, I hope to regain control. |
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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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