| Name | Chas |
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| Location | Bishop's Stortford, UK |
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| Age | 58 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Chronic AF |
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| Years with condition | 4 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Continuous |
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| Duration of episodes | Continuous |
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| Event preceding first AF | Angina |
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| General health | ex smoker, moderate drinker, overweight |
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| Current state | living with it |
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| Triggers | Alcohol consumption in excess of 6 units makes afib uncomfortable next day.
Exercise of any sort increases discomfort
Stress and excitement increase discomfort |
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| Preventions | Avoid known triggers to minimise discomfort. Atenolol (recently prescribed) helps with stress/excitement related discomfort. For most of the time I'm now not aware of the condition. But I do still get breathless on exercise and this can lead to angina. GTN helps with this. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Warfarin
Digoxin
Atorvastatin
atenolol
Side effects indeterminate - not being sufficiently troublesome to warrant investigation. Some nagging doubts about statins and memory impairement. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Amioderone - sensitivity to sunlight
Sotalol - fatigue, but not serious |
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| History of surgery | Coronary Angioplasty including placement of stent January 1998 |
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| Future plans | To try to find a means of getting off of warfarin and digoxin. Update: looks like it will be digoxin forever - and warfarin as well, unless the powers that be can sort out the Zantec (?) side effects. |
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| Personal comments | Having trouble getting used to the idea that I must, from now on, restrict my activities and enjoyment to the point where I cannot join in with others. this was particularly evident this year (2005) when I accompanied my wife and some good friends on a skiing trip but I couldn't join in, in case of serious internal injury and subsequent uncontrolled bleeds (Warfarin). Also getting mightily fed up with having to watch what I eat, drink, etc because of effects on warfarin dosage, weight, etc., etc. In short, after several years of chronic AF and all that goes with it, the enthusiasm to maintain the "sensible" regime dwindles somewhat. Hmm! |
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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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