| Name | Steve |
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| Location | San Francisco |
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| Age | 59 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Mitrovalve prolapse and 2 episodes of A-fib over a 7 month period |
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| Years with condition | Mitrovalve- Approx 6 years; A-fib-7 mos. |
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| Frequency of episodes | 1st-March, 2003; 2nd-Oct., 2003 |
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| Duration of episodes | 1st-Approx 3 hrs; 2nd-4 hrs, but terminated with cardiconversion |
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| Event preceding first AF | Not sure, maybe clogged artery |
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| General health | Very good |
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| Current state | Very good |
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| Triggers | I haven't had enough episodes to determine triggers, but stress could certainly be one. (First episode was the day of my stress test, second was during a move) |
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| Preventions | ?? |
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| Current medications/side effects | Toprol, 25 mg, bid No side effects
Altase, 5 mg,no side effects
Plavix, 75 mg, no side effects except an occasional bruise
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| Past medications/side effects | NA |
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| History of surgery | NA |
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| Future plans | Like to get on top of A-fib episodes |
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| Personal comments | Curious about this project of yours. As a health psychologist, very interested in triggers. would be happyto make input into research. |
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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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