| Name | Theo |
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| Location | Geneva, Switzerland |
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| Age | 51 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibrillation - Paroxysmal, Lone (Vagally-mediated) |
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| Years with condition | 10 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 1 every 1-2 months |
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| Duration of episodes | 12 - 15 hours |
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| General health | Excellent - No heart problems - No smoker - Light drinker |
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| Current state | NSR |
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| Triggers | Afib attack always at rest after intense physical exercise (4-6 hours later),or after emotional stress.
Anxiety - Chocolate (not always) - Only 1 time after indian food - Sleeping on left side - Very important think, each AFib attack coincides with a spastic colon attack. |
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| Preventions | Very warm bath,
Physical effort can stop an attack,
Taking drugs (mebeverine or propanthelline) for preventing colon problems seems prevent Afib (vagolytic effects?). |
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| Current medications/side effects | Flecainide (Tambocor) 100 mg/day - No side effects
Magnesium (600 - 700 mg element/day) |
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| Past medications/side effects | Propranolol - Very good for preventing attacks but heart rythm very slow, lot of missed beats and i was very tired. Now, if i made an intense effort (sport etc...) immediately after i take 10 or 20 mg of propranolol (Inderal) and it seems that the prevention is effective. |
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | Removing amalgam fillings.
Alternative medicine |
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| Personal comments | My Afibs attacks are not debilating - During attacks my heart rythm is 80-85 bpm and i have no serious effects. I hope that AFib will remain paroxysmal. If not,as i don't want take blood thinner all my live, i will see for ablation or for maze procedure. My mother, 80 years old, lives also with paroxysmal attacks from 30 years. For my case (and for a lot of people like me), i'm sure that the fibrillation is only a problem of imbalance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.I don't understand why this disease seems concern only the cardiologists. |
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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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