AFibbers Database: John D'Onofrio

Name	John D'Onofrio
Location	Boston, Ma
Age	62
Diagnosed condition	AFIB after 18 years of AFIB/cardioversion episodes
Years with condition	2
Frequency of episodes	#2 (5 yrs after #1), #3 (2 yrs after #2), #4 - #14 (1 yr increasing to every 3 months over a 10 year period
Duration of episodes	see above
Event preceding first AF	possible mild MI
General health	overweight, low HDL, sleep hypopnia
Current state	Permanent AFIB
Triggers	high exertion, a few glasses of wine
Current medications/side effects	Aspirin 81mg 1x PM Warfarin Sodium (Coumadin) 5mg 1/2x PM Cartia XT 240mg 1x early AM Niaspan 2.5g 1x PM Toprol XL 50mg 1x AM; Spironolactone (Aldactone) 25mg 1x AM Zocor 10 mg 1x AM Zetia 10 mg 1x AM
Past medications/side effects	digoxin quinaglute rhythmol
History of surgery	none
Future plans	wait for a better ablation procedure
Personal comments	Now that I am in permanent AFIB, probably for the rest of my life, and I am prone to stroke, I believe I have no more than 10 good years.
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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