AFibbers Database: PaulC (paul.craig907@ntlworld.com)

Name	PaulC (paul.craig907@ntlworld.com)
Location	portsmouth uk
Age	37
Diagnosed condition	lone af poss vagal
Years with condition	4
Frequency of episodes	2 - 3 times daily
Duration of episodes	5 minutes to 1 day
Event preceding first AF	none known
General health	non smoker non drinker hiatus hernia
Current state	still living with it
Triggers	large meals, caffeine, msg, white bread!, exercise, sex, adrenaline
Preventions	dont eat, dont drink, dont move
Current medications/side effects	75mg aspirin for stroke prevention recomended sotalol but this was stopped just moments before i took it due to unusual electrical pathways being discovered ( although it was me that highlighted this little problem with the cardiologist-- go figure!)
Future plans	I am awaiting an appointment with my local cardioligist. i have seen one privately in 2006 who felt sure my af was due to my hiatus hernia diagnosed in 1997 ekg showed my heart muscle to be 10% larger than usual probably due to the cardio exercise i do (running, cycling etc...) and i also have non specific t wave flattening (whats that then?)
Personal comments	when the af first began i thought i was going to die i visited my gp but by the time i got there it had converted and appeared normal, i was sent home made to feel a fraud on the next occassion i had a 24 hour holter tape that recorded a couple of blips but nothing significant. eventually i got to the emergency room and they made a record of a full blown af with rates from 40 up to 200 bpm. my af always was erratic but fast, it has changed and is now all over the place with no rythm whatsoever the rate will go extremely low and then come bounding back (happening as i type). i am now at a loss for what to do next, my job requires me to be fit when i am not in af i am fine when it hits i feel like death. for info my resting heart rate is approx 44 - 48 bpm all suggestions greatly appreciated.
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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