AFibbers Database: Lynn Pringle

Name	Lynn Pringle
Location	Coralville, Iowa
Age	53
Diagnosed condition	lone AF
Years with condition	2 years
Frequency of episodes	twice per month
Duration of episodes	approximately 12 hours
General health	good health, non-smoker, social drinker
Current state	searching for an answer
Triggers	I have episodes after exercise and while coaching my youth baseball team. Adrenaline seems to be a primary trigger.
Current medications/side effects	Disopyramide, atenolol & aspirin The disopyramide causes urine retention. I became extremely ill and was hospitalized for three days with a bladder infection. My dosage of disopyramide was then reduced from 150 mg to 100 mg three times daily. I have not had a bladder problem with the reduced dosage.
Past medications/side effects	I was previously on flecanide which caused me to have AF more frequently.
Future plans	My EP is referring me to two EPs at the Mayo Clinic. I will discuss having a catheter ablation with them. I have also considered tikosyn, but I'm tired of the medicinal merry-go-round.
Personal comments	AF is contantly on my mind. I've had to alter my active lifestyle. This condition has changed my personality and destroyed my quality of life. I don't know if I'm patient enough to wait for technological advancements. I may consider the MAZE procedure.
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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