| Name | Steve F |
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| Location | Kent UK |
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| Age | 46 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone atrial fibrillation (vagally mediated) |
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| Years with condition | 2 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | permanent |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | Fit.Non-smoker. No underlying heart problems.Was drinking socially but cut right down now |
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| Current state | Used to occur when resting at night but is now permant following 1st ablation but follow up op due soon. |
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| Triggers | food & relaxation |
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| Preventions | Excercise.
but now this is not effective |
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| Current medications/side effects | Warfarin |
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| Past medications/side effects | Sotalol
Bisoprolol. Rapidly withdrawn after too slow a pulse at night. 42/min when normal.
Amiodarone (withdrawn prior to future ablation) |
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| History of surgery | Appendix removed (after bursting) 1986. |
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| Future plans | 2nd ablation in Feb 2003 |
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| Personal comments | 1st ablation used new catheter to freeze pulmonary vein at connection to heart.
Theory now is that either this vein has reconnected (as ablation initially successful) or that amiodarone was masking activity in remaining 3 veins. |
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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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