| Name | Diane |
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| Location | USA |
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| Age | 48 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy / AFIB |
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| Years with condition | Congenital |
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| Frequency of episodes | Every 3-4 months |
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| Duration of episodes | 8-24 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | Wedding stress? |
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| General health | good - non-drinker, x-smoker |
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| Current state | Dealing with occansional episodes and not enjoying it |
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| Triggers | ??? Most of my afib episodes have started when I'm sleeping. I do not drink a lot of caffiene, nor am I doing any regular exercise (the treadmill arrives for our home next week) |
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| Preventions | ??? I am trying a combination of Magnesium Taurate, Calcium Citrate, and CoQ10. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Warfarin and asprin - just the usual excessive bruising and bleeding |
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| Past medications/side effects | One cardiologist prescribed Toprol and Rhythmol, which I took as prescribed and ended up in the ER for 24 hours due to very low BP |
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| History of surgery | None, but my cardiologist thinks I should have a combination pacemaker and debfibrillator put in because of family history. |
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| Future plans | Find a way to stay out of AFIB! |
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| Personal comments | My sister's HCOM was much more severe and she had a (successful!) heart transplant 4 years ago. I count my blessings daily, but would like to find the magic bullet if there is one to avoid AFIB. |
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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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