| Name | Jim P |
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| Location | Hawaii |
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| Age | 45 |
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| Diagnosed condition | cardiomyopathy |
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| Years with condition | 3 |
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| Frequency of episodes | every other day... at the moment. it was constant |
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| Duration of episodes | 12 hrs to 3 months |
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| Event preceding first AF | cardiomyopathy |
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| General health | good health other than cardiomyopathy and afib |
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| Triggers | alcohol, laying on left side, cold drinks, slow heart rate, eating too much, certain non-alcoholic beers, eating anything in the evening |
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| Preventions | exercise |
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| Current medications/side effects | spironolactone, atenolol (100 mg daily), coumadin, zestril (ACE)
Tikosyn, 500 mcg every 12 hours
Side effects? Not sure. Hives are a problem right now. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Amiodarone -- incredible sunlight sensitivity, numbness in extremities/tingling, thryoid damage... probablyothers I forgot about. I was on it for 14 months. |
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| History of surgery | None really |
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| Future plans | Hope they come up with some better class III drugs |
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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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