| Name | Teresa (Terri) Pless Brandt |
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| Location | Hesperia Michigan |
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| Age | 35 (4-2-71) |
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| Diagnosed condition | A fib with occasional A flutter small leak in mitral valve |
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| Years with condition | Seven |
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| Frequency of episodes | every day |
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| Duration of episodes | minutes to hours to constant |
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| Event preceding first AF | Endometrosis (reason for af unknown) |
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| General health | Just quit smoking 2 weeks 5'2 133 pounds pretty healthy |
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| Current state | just had ablation on 9-28-06 |
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| Triggers | Stress,big heavy meals,bending over,to much coffee and hormone's (always went into afib 5-7 days before my period) |
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| Preventions | Trying to limit stress the best I can.Quit smoking. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Rythmol 225mg sr, tenormin (lowers my bp to low),aspirin,coumadin, and vicodin for endometrosis pain. |
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| Past medications/side effects | none |
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| History of surgery | Had ablation surgery at Meijer Heart Center in Grand Rapids Michigan by Dr. Bousha Finta. Had all five (got an extra one) pulmonary veins ablated.Hoping it worked. Have had a tough time sense surgery. Had a reaction to general vomited in my sleep and had to be in recovery for 5 hours. Now have dry cough and chest heaviness. No afib though. Just a couple dropped beats. |
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| Future plans | To live my life and treat my endo (limited on that because of afib). |
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| Personal comments | If you have chronic afib you don't have to suffer. Get a good cardio and fight it. |
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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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