| Name | Al S |
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| Location | NJ |
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| Age | 53 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial fibrillation, mitral valve prolapse |
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| Years with condition | afib = 8 years, MVP = 19 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | on average, weekly |
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| Duration of episodes | 6 to 18 hours |
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| General health | average drinker until 8 years ago and then none since, never smoked, developed periperal neuropathy of feet 3 years ago - suspect prolonged used of heart medicines |
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| Current state | do mild excercise at gym, skiing, etc. |
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| Triggers | Same as everyone else on here....
MSG... within seconds of eating foods containing it
Sugar - usually only if eaten within an hour or two before going to bed
Stress - try taking a 20 minute nap.... it helps if you can find time for it
Going to bed - 95% of episodes start within 5 minutes of laying down in bed. Seems like when heart slows down some other irregular pacemaker takes over. Heart rate usually falls below 50 at rest.
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| Preventions | Take a nap during the afternoon - it seems to reduce chances of having an episode
Avoid sugar after dinner.
Avoid MSG (Virtually all canned soups and chicken stock have it. Make your own...
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| Current medications/side effects | Norpace 200 Mg and Atenolol 50 Mg for heart
Coated aspirin for blood thining
Neurontin 2400 Mg for feet
none discernable |
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| Past medications/side effects | Inderal, digoxin, quinidine, betapace
amadiodarone - shaky
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| History of surgery | none |
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| Future plans | looking for a Afib specialist in NJ area |
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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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