| Name | Dawn |
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| Location | New Jersey |
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| Age | 41 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone Atrial Fib |
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| Years with condition | 6 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Couple of times a week |
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| Duration of episodes | Anywhere from a 15 minutes - 4 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | No major event or illness, onset out of the blue |
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| General health | Fairly good health, light smoker, nondrinker, no other heart conditions |
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| Current state | On my 4th different med, last shot before Ablation |
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| Triggers | No identified triggers as of yet. All episodes are random, no more frequent during the day than at night. |
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| Preventions | None |
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| Current medications/side effects | Tikosyn 250 mg AM/125 mg PM - mild Bradycardia events/mild syncope
Coumadin - 10mg/15mg alternating days
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| Past medications/side effects | Rhythmol SR - mild Bradycardia, fatigue, numbness and tingling
Rhythmol - mild Bradycardia, fatigue, vertigo
Amiodorone - Severe Bradycardia, nausea, syncope episodes |
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| History of surgery | Not at this writing 11/28/06 |
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| Future plans | May agree to try ablation, EP is trying to convince me this is worth a shot, putting off PM as long as possible. |
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| Personal comments | Learning to cope with AFIB, is a battle in itself, if you can learn to live WITH it, instead of AROUND IT, you have half the battle beaten. |
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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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