| Name | CEW |
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| Location | London, UK |
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| Age | 45 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Starts with AF and can lead to SVT |
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| Years with condition | 5 months |
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| Frequency of episodes | 3-4 times a week |
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| Duration of episodes | 15 minutes to 1 hour |
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| Event preceding first AF | Nil |
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| General health | Non drinker, non smoker, general health is good |
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| Current state | Awaiting ablation therapy |
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| Triggers | Triedness.
After a meal especially in the evening. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotalol 80 mg twice a day. Side effects: flatulence.
75 mg of Asprin per day. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Verapimil to start with, made condition worse. Side effects: constipation.
Changed to Digoxin, slight improvement. No side effects.
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | Awaiting ablation procedure in a months time. |
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| Personal comments | The AF in my case it has lead to a vagally precipitated SVT rhythm which is a lot more dangerous. One four occassions I have had to go to hospital to stop the SVT rhythm( on two occasions it stopped on its own on the other two I had Adenisone administered to stop it). I get tired more easily and when in AF rhythm I get very irritable. The worrying thing is that the AF rhythm goes to SVT rhythm when I am driving or on a train and not within reach of a hospital. This limits my activities and has prevented me from travelling out of the country. |
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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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