AFibbers Database: Dominator

Name	Dominator
Location	USA
Age	53
Diagnosed condition	AF
Years with condition	3
Frequency of episodes	twice in 3 years
Duration of episodes	first time-- 5 days then cardio version, this time 10 days and going.
Event preceding first AF	Starving myself and eating water ice when it started
General health	excellent
Current state	waiting to see if medicines bring heart back to normal beat.
Triggers	3 years ago when this happened I was smoking, and drinking regular coffee, and drinking beer 2 or 3 days a week. I believe the AF was triggered when I bought a bicycle and I was trying to ride up a hill, so it was the physical exertion. Since then I quit smoking and drinking anything with caffeine. I drink a 6 pack once a week. Recently, I was trying to lose weight so I ate smaller and smaller meals, but I was still riding my bike and working out at health club. I use to get my heart rate up to 140 bpm twice a week, but I slacked off from doing that. I stopped for a water ice one day and then I ate it too fast and I felt that brain freeze, and then I believe that is when my heart started AF. Also I was on a 40mg maintenance dosage of beta pace for the past 2 1/2 years. That week I missed taking 2 days of beta pace, so that may of had something to do with it too.
Preventions	They didn't find anything wrong my heart, and I have no symptoms at all. In my case I think this happened because of a poor diet and I was very active and then I missed a couple of days of my beta pace, and I wasn't exercising my heart like I use to.
Current medications/side effects	160 beta pace--- 300 cardizem--- 5 warfarin
Past medications/side effects	40mg maintanence dosage for 2 1/2 years
History of surgery	none
Future plans	Get back to regular heat beat, improve my diet, go back to raising my heart level to 140 twice a week, be satisfied with taking beta pace, maybe 2 40mg each day? Heart was shocked back to a normal beat 1 month after the AF started.
Personal comments	I sometimes feel scared more than anything when I lay down and feel the irregular beating and I sometimes feel like a thud feeling in my chest.
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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