| Name | Régis Couture |
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| Location | Roberval, Canada |
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| Age | 52 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone atrial fibrillation (paroxismal) |
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| Years with condition | 3 |
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| Frequency of episodes | twice month before ablation (2005/03/17); each 2 days since |
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| Duration of episodes | 10 hours (before ablation); 30 hours since |
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| Event preceding first AF | Hockey tournament (stopped during a game; stress from organizing all) |
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| General health | Excellent; athletic; drinker (1 bottle wine about 3 times a week) |
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| Current state | Recovery from ablation that aggravate my AF |
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| Triggers | Majority: getting in bed; sleep
Minority: stress, vagal stress |
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| Preventions | Exercise |
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| Current medications/side effects | Amiodarone (cordarone): deposits o cornea, insomnia
Avapro TM: for hypertension
Warfarine (coumadin): only for 3 weeks (post-ablation), none yet, wondering if it can trigger AF |
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| Past medications/side effects | Sotalol: extreme bradychardia (<40 bpm) |
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| History of surgery | Ablation done in Québec on march 17, 2005. Still on recovery. Actually my AF episodes are very more often. Before ablation: about ten hours, each two weeks (twice a month). After ablation: about 26-30 hours, each two days. First time, I see someone for whom AF was aggravated by ablation (I pretty read much of the current medical litterature). First time my electrophysiologist see this too |
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| Future plans | Appointment with EP, april 11. Considering new medication or new ablation. I'm pretty much bewildered. |
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| Personal comments | I thought my ablation would have killed AF. So i am a bit disappointed. But we'll see. |
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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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