Name | Hal |
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Location | Arizona |
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Age | 68 |
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Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibrillation |
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Years with condition | 2 |
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Frequency of episodes | None in past 23 months |
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Duration of episodes | 3 months of irregular beat prior to elec. conv. Few short episodes the fol mo. |
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Event preceding first AF | Stress |
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General health | non smoker, non drinker, overwieght, regular light excercise |
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Current state | No know episodes past 23 months |
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Triggers | not known, not afflicted with normal listed causes or conditions |
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Preventions | drugs |
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Current medications/side effects | Flecainide, 150 twice a day
Atenolol, 25mg once a day
Aspirin, 325 once a day
Sleepier than usual, or I am just using these meds as an excuse?
also take Vytorine 10/20 once a day |
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Past medications/side effects | Started with Flecainide 50s then 100s with some AF still indicated on monitors and then went to 150s and symptoms went away. |
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History of surgery | No major surgery or heart surgery. |
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Future plans | Lose weight. |
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Personal comments | I sometimes think that I could be weaned off of the drugs, but my doctors are hesitant. |
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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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