| Name | Hank |
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| Location | NJ |
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| Age | 61 |
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| Diagnosed condition | atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 9 |
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| Frequency of episodes | varies |
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| Duration of episodes | minutes to 15 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | good |
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| Current state | still seeking a solution |
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| Triggers | alcohol, caffeine, sugar, stress, |
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| Preventions | quinaglute worked for 8 years but now it is worse than ever |
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| Current medications/side effects | Procanbid (extended release) 3000 daily
Lopressor 75 daily
Coumaden 2.5 daily
So far I have had no side effects. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Procainamide 4000 nausia, lack of appetite,
quinaglute No side effects
dolfedalide made me feel dizzy and did not help my arrithmia
Rythmol no side effects helped for 1 week than failed
Flecanide didn't work
Sotalol no effect
disoapyramide no help
Linoxin
tenorman
dofetilide
atenolol
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| History of surgery | ablation of left pulmonary vein 11/9/2000
ablation for atrial flutter 11/21/2000 |
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| Future plans | Plan to have the left pulmonary vein ablated again in January. This time they plan to ablate the total circumfrance at one location.
If the next ablation doesn't work I will seriously consider having the Maze procedure done. |
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| Personal comments | My arrithmia was under control for 8 years. I was taken off quinaglute because of a long QT wave. SInce being off quinaglute the Drs. have not been able to get my atrial fibrillation back under control. I have been rushed to the ER by ambulance twice in November 2000 with heart rates which caused me to be to weak to walk and had great difficulty breathing. |
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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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