| Name | bacanon |
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| Location | NY suburbs |
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| Age | 63 |
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| Diagnosed condition | atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 6+ |
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| Frequency of episodes | none in the past vew months with medication & lots of excercise |
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| Duration of episodes | few minutes to days, when occurring |
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| Event preceding first AF | prolonged intestinal upset |
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| General health | quit smoking in 1999 - drink less wine and no caffeinated drinks - except tea |
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| Current state | very good - just did a half marathon, but experienced swelling and redness in ankles - Dr. agrees it is from the coumadin |
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| Triggers | I think they are mostly caffeine - was probably also smoking and a steady diet of a little too much wine.
I also think that anger is a big one for me - and fear of the condition. I have always tended toward depression, and I began to feel like being alone would kill me. I am now with my husband and son. |
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| Preventions | exercise |
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| Current medications/side effects | Toprol XL 100mg, digoxin .25, coumadin 2.5, lipitor 10mg, synthroid .75
I also take a multiple vitamin, calcium 1000 mg, Vitamin E, Co-Q-10 |
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| Past medications/side effects | At first, took only Toprol and Aspirin, until a prolonged bout with afib that required electrocardioversion to return to sinus rhythym. That's when they added digoxin and put me on coumadin instead of aspirin. I didn't go on synthroid until later |
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| History of surgery | none - except removal of a red raised "mole" (forgot the word for it) |
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| Future plans | look into ablations (sp?) - I'm very scared of the prospect, but feel I should try. |
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| Personal comments | I have a sister with a pacemaker, another died at 2 days old from "blue baby" condition (probably a hole in her valve), so I feel there is a heart defect in the family. My mother and father died with strokes contributing to their demise. I want to get off of coumadin - and if possible off of toprol and digoxin as well - then lipitor too. But I don't want a stroke. |
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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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