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| Name | anonymous |
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| Location | Michigan, U.S.A. |
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| Age | 68 |
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| Diagnosed condition | atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | one |
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| Frequency of episodes | every two or three months |
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| Duration of episodes | 1 minute to 3 hours |
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| General health | Good except for autoimmune disease. Ex-smoker, drink lightly |
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| Current state | well, excepting for Wegener's granulomatosis (currently in remission) |
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| Triggers | anxiety, fatigue, adrenaline rush, post-priandal, caffeine
(usually a combination of some of the above) |
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| Preventions | one time the valsalva maneuver worked.
30 mg diltiazem |
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| Current medications/side effects | 30 mg diltiazem when needed
bactrim (not for afib)
temazepam (muscle relaxant-for sleep)
maprotiline (anti-depressant)
81 mg aspirin (rheumatologist, to prevent clotting) |
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| Past medications/side effects | for afib, none |
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| History of surgery | circumcision, two hernia repairs, gall bladder removal, radical mastoidectomy |
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| Future plans | keep getting out of bed each AM (retired) |
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| Personal comments | so far, only an occasional inconvenience |
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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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