| Name | Barbara |
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| Location | NY, USA |
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| Age | 55 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone Afib |
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| Years with condition | 5 |
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| Frequency of episodes | varies, can be months or a year |
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| Duration of episodes | 10+ hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | weight gain |
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| General health | good health but still overweight, have lost quite a bit but not enough yet |
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| Current state | waiting for the next episode |
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| Triggers | alcohol. Don't know any others as it usually happens at night when I am sleeping. Cold drinks do not bother me and diary does not seem to be a trigger as I have gotten episodes several times when I was vegan and not since I added dairy back to my diet. I have eliminated all caffeine. |
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| Preventions | Taking magnesium seems to help as it has reduced my ectopics a great deal but it is too soon to see if it helps reduce my AF episodes. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotalol 80mg bid. Side effects are being more tired but that has decreased with time. Also I have not been able to continue to lose weight since my Sotalol increased from 40mg to 80mg. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Sotalol 40mg bid, no side effects with this one but it did not keep me in NSR. |
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| History of surgery | Minor stuff that has no association, knee surgery, carpal tunnel surgery, ovarian cyst surgery, etc. |
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| Future plans | Wait and see if the increased dosage of Sotatlol does a better job of keeping me in NSR, continue to try to get the excess weight off and continue with the magnesium and see if that helps overall. If I continue with episodes or they continue to get more frequent, I plan on seeing a EP and making an appt with Dr Natale. |
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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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