| Name | linda |
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| Location | california |
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| Age | 60 |
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| Diagnosed condition | lone atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 1 year |
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| Frequency of episodes | varies - 1-3 months apart in beginning, now every few weeks |
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| Duration of episodes | 1-4 hours, always in evening, rapid heart rate up to 163 bpm |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | hypothyroid, no smoking, alcohol, caffeine - digestive problems - vagal afib |
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| Current state | waiting for ablation consultation, allergic to propafenone, flecainide |
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| Triggers | after meals, resting, lying on back |
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| Preventions | trying taurine with some preliminary success |
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| Current medications/side effects | allergic to propafenone, flecainide, metapolol
Diltiazem OK - 150 mg. 1X/day
1 aspirin
taurine, 1500 mg./day, more with afib episode |
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| Past medications/side effects | see above |
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| History of surgery | none - considering ablation |
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| Future plans | ablation??? |
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| Personal comments | have had 4 ER room visits in last 2 months during afib episodes due to rapid heart rate, dizziness, shortness of breath. one cardioversion. very disruptive to life. Just started taurine - converted to NSR during last episode after 30 minutes with taurine. Want to give it a chance before going for ablation. Don't want ablation unless absolutely necessary. Digestive problems - vagal afib.
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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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