| Name | Jack Crosley ( jcrosley@comcast.net ) |
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| Location | Vancouver,WA. USA |
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| Age | 59 (6'4 215 lbs) |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 23 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 1st(11/94) - 2nd(7/5/00) - 3rd(8/22/00) NSR since 2005 till 2017 where I experienced 4 episodes in 28 days |
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| Duration of episodes | 7,10 & 6 hours / last 4 episodes lasting 2-8 hrs |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | excellent, quite smoking after first attack in '94, light drinker |
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| Current state | Serious sleep deprivation during these last four episodes and other concurrent days |
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| Triggers | Vagal nerve stimulation:
drinking very cold beverages too quickly
bending over at the waist then straightening up quickly
Alcohol
Thyramine-containing foods (red wine,cheese,chocolate)
Nicotine
Caffeine
MSG
Nitrites
Lack of sleep |
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| Preventions | deep breathing
lay on floor and stretching out flat on my back |
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| Current medications/side effects | Aspirin 325 mg (none)
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| Past medications/side effects | Lanoxin/none
Atenolol/none
Tambocor/none(3 weeks only) |
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| History of surgery | - Hand injury repair 1973
- Hernia repair 2013
- Knee arthroscopy 2014 |
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| Future plans | Possible ablation procedure |
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| Personal comments | daily vitamins/supplements(since 9/1/00)
1080 mg Magnesium Citrate
500 mg L-Carnitine
150 mg Coenzyme Q10
1000 mg Hawthorn
2000 mg Fish Oil
800 mg Vitamin E(d-alpha)
800 mcg Folic Acid
500 mcg Vitamin B12
100 mg Vitamin B6
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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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