| Name | Allan |
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| Location | Hamilton, Canada |
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| Age | 74 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 0.5 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Once or twice a week |
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| Duration of episodes | 1min to 6 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | None |
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| General health | Good - non smoker, mininal drinker |
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| Current state | inconvenienced |
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| Triggers | caffeine, alcohol, exercise, stage fright (performance anxiety), surgery? |
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| Preventions | avoid caffeine, alcohol, exercise. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Beta blocker - propranalol 20 mg. Taken as needed to stop AF - side effects reduced pulse rate.
Prilosec - 20 mg for heartburn - no side effects
Warfarin - 5 mg per day for stroke prevention - no side effects. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Indapamide (lozol) for mild hypertension |
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| History of surgery | Gall Bladder (laproscopic) June 2002, since AF diagnosis. |
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| Future plans | Plan to take slow release KCl (Potassium Chloride) tablets.
Magnesium and Potassium supplements in addition to multivitamin, E 400IU , C 1000mg
Carotid Artery ultrasound.
Substitute aspirin therapy for warfarin therapy.
Build a simple ECG test set to review my own ECG when Afibbing.
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| Personal comments | I have had an echocardiogram which shows no mechanical abnormaility in my heart. |
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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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