| Name | Wade Palmer |
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| Location | USA |
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| Age | 46 |
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| Diagnosed condition | A-Fib |
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| Years with condition | 6 |
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| Frequency of episodes | every 7-10 days |
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| Duration of episodes | 10-15 hours |
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| General health | mild hypertension but otherwise great (workout 2+ hours daily), 6'4" - 180 lbs. |
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| Current state | Time between episodes is very good but continue to have these episodes every 7-10 days. Episodes don't bother me physically much. |
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| Triggers | alcohol, chocolate, caffeine, stress, eating(big one) |
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| Preventions | lack of stress, avoid triggers, etc. But nothing really keeps it away. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Procainamide (4000 mg./day)
Nadalol (100 mg./day)
Calan (120 mg./day)
Accupril (5 mg./day)
One aspirin
One multi-vitamin
No obvious side affects on any of the above |
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| Past medications/side effects | Had been on Tambacor (worked about 6 months/no side affects), Solatol (did not work and felt terrible) and Quinidine (not sure of that spelling) and it did not work but no side affects. |
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| History of surgery | none |
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| Future plans | Am aggressively pursuing ablation...they feel my focal points are in the pulmonary veins and new ablation techniques under development may soon provide a possible alternative. Also hoping new medications become available to better control this condition. |
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| Personal comments | I personally believe that prolonged exposure to this condition has a deteriorating affect on the heart and, for me, it's therefore vital I pursue options which may alleviate or substantially reduce the frequency of episodes. I'm 46 yrs. old with 3 & 5 year old daughters and want to be around to be a grandfather. |
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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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