| Name | ANON |
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| Location | Albany, NY |
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| Age | 58 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone AF |
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| Years with condition | 16 |
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| Frequency of episodes | for 1st 15 1/2 had only four lasting over 2 hrs. Now 1 x week ave |
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| Duration of episodes | Most ave 1 hr, have had 6 lasting 8 to 14 hours in the past 16 years |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | good health, overweight, quit smoking 14 years ago (25 pack years) Sleep apenia (mild) |
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| Current state | Fair amount of ectopy some runs of AF. |
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| Triggers | Alcohol, hard workouts at the gym, stress, sleeping on left side. |
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| Preventions | Moderate workouts only, sleeping on right side, xanax when ectopics are frequent. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Tikosyn, Metoprolol, Lipitor, Benadryl for sleep, xanax od prn. Asa 325 mg OD. Less energy, dizziness on moving in circular motion. Difficulty falling asleep. Sweat easily. Esophageal reflux at times |
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| Past medications/side effects | flecainide no side effect noticed |
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| History of surgery | Emergency appendectomy, polyps of bladder removed, nasal reconstruction |
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| Future plans | considering either a PVIA or a Wolf Mini Maze |
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| Personal comments | Tambocor worked beautifully untill 6 months ago. I was on a home monitor an a 13 beat wide complex tachycardia was detected. Since then I was tried on Sotolol, which failed to prevent AF, and now on Tikosyn which isn't doing a very good job. |
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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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