| Name | Liz |
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| Location | South west Scotland |
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| Age | 59 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Paroxysmal vagal atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 14 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 2-5 per year |
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| Duration of episodes | 2-18hrs |
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| Event preceding first AF | nil |
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| General health | good |
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| Current state | still occurring |
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| Triggers | a lying on left hand side
b cold drinks
c heavy meal before bed
d going over pothole in car and sitting down with a heavy "plonk" into an armchair |
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| Preventions | a lying on my right hand side in bed
b if I am awake and feel it starting I move very quickly to a different position and walk around which often stops the arrythmia |
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| Current medications/side effects | Flecainide 300mgs crushed in water as a bolus dose as soon as I go into AF.No medication taken regularly |
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| History of surgery | nil |
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| Future plans | Will try to keep on with the current regime |
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| Personal comments | My life has been transformed by reading Hans Larsen's publication "Atrial Fibrillation Towards a Cure" in which I read that often the Af could be halted by taking a bolus of 250 mgs of Flecainide as soon as the AF started.I have been doing this for several years now and it has saved an enormous amount of visits to casualty and subsequent cardioversion.My resting HR is 50 and when I go into AF my ventricular rate is 170 so my body is extremely stressed and I am unable to do anything until I am back in SR I have had a small stroke from my Af causing right sided hemiparesis |
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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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