| Name | DH |
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| Location | Toronto, Canada |
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| Age | 45 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 10 |
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| Frequency of episodes | once evey 18 months approx. |
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| Duration of episodes | 24 hours to 4 weeks |
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| Event preceding first AF | Unkown. Probably stressful situation |
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| General health | Good health, nonsmoker, occasional drinker. No heart disease. |
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| Current state | I suppose I am between episodes... |
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| Triggers | Alcohol.
Strenuous activities (raking the lawn, washing windows).
Cold Medication (NyQuil). |
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| Current medications/side effects | Tambocor 100mg twice daily
No side effects but just been found I have a fatty liver, maybe caused by this drug??
Aspirin 325 mg daily
Rare nose bleeds |
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| Past medications/side effects | Sotalol twice daily
Was ineffective.
Light head.
Digoxin
No side effects noticed.
New cardio found the drug useless. |
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| History of surgery | Tonsilectomy age 6 |
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| Future plans | I try to eat a low fat diet. |
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| Personal comments | My AF episodes alwayes require a trip to the ER. I neglected to go once and was put on warfarin for 6 weeks before the cardioversion. Chemical cardioversion worked once only (Pronestyl), the other times it was electrical.
My advice: go to the ER inside 24h of the beginning of AF. |
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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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