| Name | Barbara |
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| Location | Florida |
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| Age | 49 |
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| Diagnosed condition | atrial fibrillation - hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
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| Years with condition | diagnosed 10 months ago |
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| Frequency of episodes | every day |
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| Duration of episodes | variation of physical activity |
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| Event preceding first AF | heart raced 120-150 beats |
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| General health | good |
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| Current state | Not quite 1st cardioversion - can't handle antiarithymia med |
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| Triggers | Lifting heavy items (Over 10 lbs), trying to rush doing things, walking real fast. |
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| Preventions | Stop and take deep breaths. |
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| Current medications/side effects |
Warfarin - Afraid to bump into anything or bleed. Metoprolol - Stomach problems. Cartia XT - tired |
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| Past medications/side effects | Diogoxin - On for one week - felt very sick - quit on my own - ended up in hospital. Amiodarone - On for 4 days - felt very out of it and like a zombie - Procainamide - I lasted 17 days on this one - same thing listless and zombie-like |
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| History of surgery | Hammertoe surgery - 1996 - Breast biopsy surgery - 2000 |
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| Future plans | Would like to try my first cardioversion. Was scheduled for one at St.Lukes in Jacksonville on March 28, 2007 but got sick with a upper respiratory infection - had to cancel. Was so looking forward to it. Had about 4 months to get 4 readings in a row of PT/INR. Not giving up! |
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| Personal comments | Still have alot of questions about A-fib and A-fib cathethar ablation. Been doing alot of research. Still on the fence about it, but I would love to get off the medications. Very medication-sensitive. |
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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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