| Name | Terry |
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| Location | Sydney, Australia |
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| Age | 56 |
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| Diagnosed condition | AF |
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| Years with condition | 0.3 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 2 months |
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| Duration of episodes | first: 7 days, second: 1 day, third: 5 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | excellent |
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| Current state | coping and learning, developing strategies to self manage |
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| Triggers | strong coffee after dinner (not a problem at other times), cold drink after exercise (sometimes, if drunk too quickly), lying on left side when asleep (first hour or so), being suddenly awaken in first hour of sleep, possibly overtraining (ie not allowing sufficient recovery periods in exercise program - this may be the substrate rather than the trigger) |
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| Preventions | moderate exercise likely, but not confirmed. |
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| Current medications/side effects | no medications since first attack |
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| Past medications/side effects | aspirin for two weeks during/following first attack |
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| History of surgery | none |
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| Future plans | Gone back to normal exercise cycling, running, bushwalking with more attention to recovery periods. Plan to switch from gatorade to a sports drink that contains magnesium. May give taurine a go. |
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| Personal comments | still learning about this |
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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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