| Name | Helen |
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| Location | Glasgow |
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| Age | 40 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 7 months |
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| Frequency of episodes | several times a day at moment |
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| Duration of episodes | mostly seconds, occasionally 20 -30 miutes, first one 26 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | On Holiday, lots of strong coffee, red wine |
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| General health | none smoker, fit and active |
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| Current state | Was stable for 2 months but was on ski holiday and worse than ever |
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| Triggers | Stress
Coffee
red wine
fatique |
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| Preventions | Don't know any. Arythmol seemed to work for two months but I think the altitude has made everything worse again. Hope it will settle again now that I am back at sea level. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Arythmol 150mg 3 times per day
Aspirin 300mg
omeprazole 20mg per day |
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| Past medications/side effects | sotalol - unable to function, depression, loss of concentration, drowsiness |
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | Am interested in ablation therapy but consultant hasn't suggested it. |
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| Personal comments | Really struggling with this at my age. Am fit and well otherwise but feel awful when I get a run of extra beats. It does feel life threatening althought I've been told that my heart won't stop. Worried about long term effects of medication and condition generally. I have had about 10 flutters since starting typing this page.Would be interested to find out if altitude has affected other sufferers. |
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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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