| Name | peter wiltshire |
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| Location | London UK |
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| Age | 63 |
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| Diagnosed condition | 2004 |
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| Years with condition | 20 |
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| Frequency of episodes | daily |
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| Duration of episodes | 1 to 60 mins |
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| Event preceding first AF | none related |
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| General health | heart disease - three stents 1997 |
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| Current state | status good and maintained |
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| Triggers | indigestion, fatigue |
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| Preventions | Simple gastric medication, sleep |
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| Current medications/side effects | warfarin giving digestive problems, pravastatin 40mg giving digestive problems, Lansoprazole 15mg. |
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| Past medications/side effects | As above with Amiodorone but without Lansoprazole for 2 years. Miraculously found I could stop Amiodorone by taking Lansoprazole. |
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| History of surgery | Three stents in heart 1997 after angina. No significant recurrence. AF not diagnosed then, but episodes were occurring. |
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| Future plans | Trying to establish best medication/eating routine. |
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| Personal comments | My father had same problem. I assumed for decades that the problem was some sort of hernia problem.
Not sure about meaning of paroxysmal - assume this means beat skipping.
Episodes prevent sleep - produces gastric problems - creates AF. |
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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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