| Name | April |
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| Location | NB Canada |
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| Age | 57 |
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| Diagnosed condition | A-Fib |
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| Years with condition | very new |
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| Frequency of episodes | daily |
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| Duration of episodes | at first one week, now daily for minutes at a time |
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| Event preceding first AF | Still figuring it out. But I believe stress was the big factor, major stressing for about 5 years. Then a bout of Intestinal Flu and suddenly my occassional bouts of heart arrhythmia (adrenal induced) turned in A-Fib. |
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| General health | Asthma, non-smoker, non-drinker, big stressor |
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| Current state | get regulated with medication and diet |
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| Triggers | Stress, heavy meal, lying on left side when reading or watching TV |
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| Preventions | Sit upright. Stop stressing by Yoga breathing and daydreaming of calming place.
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| Current medications/side effects | Warfarin, Nadolol. Tiredness. |
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| Past medications/side effects | none |
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| History of surgery | multiple |
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| Future plans | Try and beat this thing. Eat right and lose weight. |
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| Personal comments | The fear invoked when diagnosed didn't help things any. So panic attacks happen on occassion. These forums really help!
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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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