| Name | Brian |
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| Location | Portland, Maine,USA |
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| Age | 31 |
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| Diagnosed condition | a-fib still working out specifics |
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| Years with condition | 4 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | once a year until recently now once a week |
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| Duration of episodes | 15-30 mins |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | good health, slightly overweight, non-drinker, non-smoker |
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| Current state | occasional episodes increased in frequency as of late |
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| Triggers | any methyxanthines (coffee, chocolate), stress, fatigue, alcohol, ectopy |
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| Preventions | avoiding above |
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| Current medications/side effects | ASA, Bach flower essence
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| Past medications/side effects | metoprolol PRN for ventricular rate control |
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| History of surgery | EP study, occured on 07/12/02 and since that point I have had three episodes. Prior to the study I had 1 every 11 months or so. I have been assured that this is not from the EP study, but I am a little skeptical at this point. The MD was unable to find a tract for the a-fib. He thought it might be starting as PSVT then going into a-fib. This is not the case. Now it has been postulated that the a-fib is triggered by ectopy from the pulmonary veins. |
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| Future plans | Tai Chi for stress control and investigae eastern medicine a bit. |
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| Personal comments | I feel very frustrated as I am active and have a job that requires me to be active. I get very anxious when the a-fib starts and have a hard time getting it under control. I guess I am a little tired of all the circles I have gone in with the doctors. |
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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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