| Name | oddlo |
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| Location | Boston, MA |
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| Age | 37 |
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| Diagnosed condition | LAF |
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| Years with condition | 8 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 1-2 / week |
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| Duration of episodes | 8-12 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | good overall health |
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| Current state | experimenting with differnet approaches |
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| Triggers | alchohol
high stress
drinking cold glass of water
diet?
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| Preventions | avoidance of triggers
modified diet? |
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| Current medications/side effects | Cartia Xt
Propafenone (pil in pocket approach) |
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| Past medications/side effects | digoxin- really did nothing and probalby was deleterious
beta blockers- made me dizzy and fatigued. Did not help |
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| History of surgery | Just oral surgery for wisdom teeth. |
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| Future plans | depending upon outcome of meds I may have to have a surgical procedure in the coming years. |
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| Personal comments | AF is mentally driang even though the physical side effects are tolerable. Trying one approach after another and having most of them just not work tends to suck the wind out of your sails after a while but I just have to keep plugging away. |
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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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