| Name | Rick |
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| Location | US |
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| Age | 51 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 16 |
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| Frequency of episodes | daily |
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| Duration of episodes | a few minutes to hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | during and after exercise |
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| General health | Good,, non smoker, non-drinker, daily exercise |
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| Current state | Partial Control with Rythmol, otherwise chronic A=F |
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| Triggers | Stress, Sudden exertion, Caffine, Cold Drinks, Sleep, Sometimes Anti-arrythmic medications such as Rythmol. Bananas are the worst single trigger of severe events. Have completly eliminated from diet. |
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| Preventions | Managing stress. Predictable routine of diet and excercise. Rythmol seems to help but does not eliminate the problem |
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| Current medications/side effects | Rythmol, 3x300 mg each day for four years. Have cut back to 2x300 mg each day due to effects of Rythmol such as bradycardia and PVC's. Lower dose will not return heart to sinus rythem. Non-heart related side effects include, occaisional severe headaches, breathing problems when jogging, memory loss, hair loss, fatigue, loss of muscle tone and joint pain.
Take 1 aspirin - 325 mg - per day. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Digoxen 12 years ago made A-fib worse. Norpace, verapamil, calan, Corgard have been used over the years and none worked. Counadin for short periods after ablation. Discontinued use due to risk of bleeding. |
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| History of surgery | Right side catheter ablation 3/99. This helped reduce atrial flutter. Did not end atrial fibrillation. |
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| Future plans | Investigate left side ablation if it is recommended as effective and can eliminate dependency on Rythmol. |
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| Personal comments | Lone atrial fibrillation - no other heart or health problems. I am very interested in the succes rates, risks, and prognosis for a left side ablation. |
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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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