| Name | Ralph Dunmore |
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| Location | Seattle USA |
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| Age | 65 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Paroxysmal Lone AF. |
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| Years with condition | Since Jan 93 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Anywhere from 2 days to 1 year. |
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| Duration of episodes | Average 18 hours max 48 hours. |
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| General health | Very fit long time squash player, non smoker, light drinker. |
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| Current state | Fine between episodes, can still play golf when in AF, but only just. |
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| Triggers | Cold drinks,chocolate,caffeine, red wine,severe exercise(have quit squash),heavy meals,spicy food, I find that I can exercise hard on a treadmill as long as I increase my heart rate gradually and bring it back down slowly. |
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| Preventions | Sometimes ignoring and contiuing with normal physical activities will restore normal sinus rhythm. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotalol low dose 80mg/day for past 5 months. Lower leg swelling initially but now insignificant. Resting pulse dropped from 40 to 36. No other side effects that I notice. Has not stopped attacks of AF (8 since starting Sotalol) but they may be less severe and none have lasted longer than 8 hours. Aspirin 325mg/day. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Atenolol,propranalol, felt like dog poop! |
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| History of surgery | Cardioversion for first episode only. All others reverted normally. |
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| Future plans | Have started full study of subject as episodes are getting more frequent. Am scared of stroke as I think I have experienced at least one TIA. |
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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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