AFibbers Database: Marilyn

Name	Marilyn
Location	michigan
Age	64
Diagnosed condition	Atrial flutter
Years with condition	9 months
Frequency of episodes	1
Duration of episodes	4 hours
Event preceding first AF	experienced AF after chest surgery
General health	good, quit smoking 30 years ago
Current state	no symptoms
Triggers	caffeine? antihistamines?
Preventions	eliminating caffeine and putting up with sinus drainage without antihistamine therapy
Current medications/side effects	none
History of surgery	Minimal invasive lung surgery for removal of benign lesion hysterectomy various foot surgeries
Future plans	I had one episode of AF after my lung surgery in 2002. This is common with chest or heart surgery. I experienced what I thought was AF in August, 2003. I went to E.R., I converted with IV medication and was put on medication for AF. Met with Dr. Morady at University of Michigan Electrophysiology. He states I did not experience atrial fib - I was in atrial flutter. He suggested right atrium ablation to prevent it from occurring again. He took me off all medication and gave prescriptions for a "cocktail" to take if the atrial flutter occurs again - Rythmol and Inderal. Instructions are to take one tab of each, wait 3 hours, take another Inderal, wait 3 hours and repeat one tab of each. If I do not convert in 12 hours, go to E.R. I am presently only on one ASA a day. I will probably go ahead in the future with the ablation for flutter. It will probably re-occur. However,I saw Dr. Morady in November and I have not had a re-occurence
Personal comments
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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