AFibbers Database: walt z.

Name	walt z.
Location	wilkes-barre, pa
Age	30
Diagnosed condition	primary atrial fibrillation
Years with condition	1 year
Frequency of episodes	daily
Duration of episodes	30 minutes to an hour
Event preceding first AF	none
General health	former smoker, drinker, caffeine drinker
Current state	getting treatment
Triggers	alcohol, caffeine, sleep or relaxation, lying on left side, stress
Preventions	unknown yet
Current medications/side effects	solatol. light-headed, fatigued after taking. also taking aspirin
History of surgery	no surgery for this condition. knee surgery 14 years ago
Future plans	exercise, lay off caffeine and alcohol, avoid sodium, eat heart-healthy diet, handle stress differently
Personal comments	hope that this web site helps others out there with this condition. was experiencing symptoms and had no idea what it was until late-night visit to hospital when I felt like I was having a heart attack
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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