AFibbers Database: Dave S.

Name	Dave S.
Location	Southern California
Age	45
Diagnosed condition	Atrial Fibrillation with slow ventricular response
Years with condition	9 years
Frequency of episodes	twice a year
Duration of episodes	until converted (have gone 9 days)
Event preceding first AF	none
General health	super fit (competitive cyclist)/endurance athelete
Current state	victim every 6 months
Triggers	Only one that I have found so far is icy, slushy drinks (slurpees, frappachinnos, etc.)
Preventions	none
Current medications/side effects	take Quinidine Glucanate at onset. Current resting Heartrate 36-44 bpm, when afib has gone as low as 20 bpm (in hospital)Gaps between beats have been as much as 3.5 seconds.
Past medications/side effects	none
History of surgery	none
Future plans	stick with curent fix for now,hope that I will not need ablation in future. A pacemaker is not an option!
Personal comments	At present time chemical conversion takes 24-36 hours. I have been converted electricly once (300 joules- Ouch!). I am currently training to win a state championship in cycling and have a very active work life (power lineman). Afib sucks,completely derails life for minimum of 2 days.
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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