| Name | Anon |
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| Location | Canada |
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| Age | 59 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone Persistent AF |
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| Years with condition | about 2 years? but actually diagnosed one year ago |
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| Frequency of episodes | several times a week before medication |
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| Duration of episodes | usually about 3 to 6 hours but sometimes just a few minutes |
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| Event preceding first AF | no |
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| General health | good health, normal weight, healthy diet, low normal blood pressure |
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| Current state | only occasional PACs - 3 months post-ablation |
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| Triggers | Stress seems to be the big one but sometimes no known trigger. |
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| Preventions | haven't found any yet |
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| Current medications/side effects | Diltiazem and Propafenone - unusual taste, poor short term memory, constipation, shortness of breath on exertion, hair loss, poor heat tolerance?
Warfarin |
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| Past medications/side effects | Bisoprolol - fatigue, hair loss, light headedness, poor memory, depression, difficulty concentrating
Digoxin - gastrointestinal |
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| History of surgery | Pulmonary Vein Ablation one year after initial diagnosis. |
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| Personal comments | Off medication - 3 months post-ablation. Having only occasional PACs and maybe very short runs of AFib. Feel great! |
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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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