AFibbers Database: Elaine

Name	Elaine
Location	California
Age	72
Diagnosed condition	Atrial Fibrillation
Years with condition	18
Frequency of episodes	constant
Duration of episodes	7-10 days
Event preceding first AF	None
General health	good health, beer a day
Current state	Fibrillation is bothersome, usually only tired at end of day
Triggers	None. I've tried several different lifestyles, more/less exercise, no stress, it just starts on it's own.
Preventions	None, sometimes if I pound on my chest or cough when I feel a skip or pound in my heart, it will go back to normal. Other times it goes into full fibrillation.
Current medications/side effects	Verapmil, Digoxin, Mevacor, Warfarin - no side effects
Past medications/side effects	The above medications are all I've taken
History of surgery	Appendectomy at 8
Future plans	Live with it. I have researched various sites on the Internet, nothing seems to be a perfect solution. I have recently read about an ICD, or Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, I may ask my cardiologist about it.
Personal comments	I have lived with AFib so long, but one still thinks about it when one's heart is involved. Will it lead to other heart problems? One never knows. The first few years it was a hit and miss thing, always starting in the middle of the night and lasting 5-12 hours. After I retired from my stressful job, found a new love in my life and totally settled down to being happy, my AFib became worse, for over a year I fibrillated constantly. It comes and goes at it's own will, seems there is nothing I can do to prevent it or stop it once it starts. It has not impaired my life style, I hike, travel 4 months of the year, garden and do all the things in life I would like to.
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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