| Name | anon |
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| Location | usa |
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| Age | 54 |
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| Diagnosed condition | a-fib and mitral valve prolapse |
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| Years with condition | 25+ |
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| Frequency of episodes | varies widely |
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| Duration of episodes | varies (3hrs to 24hrs) |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | excellant/non-smoker, non-drinker, non-drug user |
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| Current state | cautiously optomistic (no attack in 3 months) |
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| Triggers | no definites. "maybes" include alcohol, stress, radical change in schedule (eating and sleep) |
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| Preventions | none |
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| Current medications/side effects | flecainide 100mgs 2Xday; and 325 aspirin 1X/day
no side effects except maybe weight gain (not sure if related) |
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| Past medications/side effects | digoxin 25mg 1X/day; and 89mgs aspirin 1X/day.
no side effects |
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| History of surgery | none |
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| Future plans | if i go 6 months on current meds withiut an attack,i plan to try to cut back tp 100mgs/day of flecainide.plan to maintain aspirin therapy based on current literature. |
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| Personal comments | starting at 12 years old experienced STV regularly during vigorous sport workouts. especially prevalent on sports requiring sudden movement such as jumping (basketball, volleyball). was highly conditioned, elite athlete during late teens thru late 20's. as i got older (around 35 or so) condition changed to A-Fib. episodes would occur with no apparent pattern or trigger. i studied every possible cause including diet, sleep patterns, environment, stress, etc. No pattern or cause developed. Episodes would occur sometines twice weekly or sometimes not for 4 months. Very frustrating! The only possible trigger i could discover was alcohol. I was a weekend-only drinker during this period. I gave up all alcohol for 10+ years. That slowed, but did not eliminate the episodes. Most recently, i have given up all caffiene (although i was not really a heavy user - 2 cups of tea a day); and as of 11/11/06 started on regimen of Flecainide (100mgs 2X/day). Have not had an episode since 11/11. But i have often gone this long without an attack. So i have my fingers crossed. I'm told i am not a candidate for ablation based on frequency. |
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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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