| Name | GERI |
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| Location | Mass. USA |
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| Age | 75 |
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| Diagnosed condition | AFIB |
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| Years with condition | 3 yrs. mildly |
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| Frequency of episodes | varied |
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| Duration of episodes | 3 bouts of severe tachycardia--45 mins to 1 hr. |
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| Event preceding first AF | none that I know of |
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| General health | good |
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| Current state | no fibrillation for last 6 wks. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Amiodarone & Coumadin
Headaches
weakness/lack of coordination in hands |
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| Past medications/side effects | On beta blockers (Atenolol, then Metoprolol)
they worked for a while--then AFIB got too severe
No side-effects
Also using Patanol eye-drops for glaucoma
Evista (to prevent osteoporosis)
Vioxx (for joint pains) |
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| History of surgery | eye surgery 4 yrs. ago
breast biopsy 25 yrs. ago |
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| Future plans | Trying to stabilize INR
Hoping to reduce amount of Amiodarone
Finding medications + side-effects limiting
Going to consult a Chinese physician |
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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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