AFibbers Database: Richard Marks

Name	Richard Marks
Location	Greenville, NC
Age	59
Diagnosed condition	Lone AF (paroxysmal)
Years with condition	6
Frequency of episodes	1/week
Duration of episodes	a few hours to 2.5 days
Event preceding first AF	mother's death
General health	good, non-smoker, non-drinker, generally active
Current state	had CVA iin 12/02, put on sotalol/coumadin since; have had recent episodes in spite of medication
Current medications/side effects	sotalol 120 mg bid - general fatigue, lethargy coumadin 5-7 mg/day - no side effects Lipitor 10 mg/day
Past medications/side effects	started on digoxin, then toprol; neither had lasting effect then acebutolol for about 5 years prior to stroke - side effects general lack of stamina, weakness took 325 mg aspirin/day for years (until coumadin)
History of surgery	none
Future plans	Planning pulmonary vein isolation in 8/03
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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