| Name | Sarah |
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| Location | Portsmouth UK |
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| Age | 22 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Wolff-Parkinson-white syndrome |
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| Years with condition | 22 |
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| Frequency of episodes | every day several times a day |
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| Duration of episodes | anywhere from 5 mins to several hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | was diagnosed with WPW at 6 months old |
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| General health | drink occasionally, smoke very little |
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| Current state | quite ill and uncurable apparently! |
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| Triggers | seems to happen no matter what i do although it is worse if i havnt had much sleep |
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| Preventions | none work for me have tried everything that has been suggested to me to no avail |
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| Current medications/side effects | have just started taking flecainide acetate (Tambocor) and im not feeling to good with it seems to be making things worse if anything |
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| Past medications/side effects | i have tried several beta blockers and things which always seem to make me worse ive tried
digoxin
atenolol
bisoprolol
metoprolol
and some others that i cant remember! |
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| History of surgery | i have had 5 radio frequency ablations starting from the age of 12, i was due to have another but it has been decided that because of the position of the extra pathways in my heart it cannot be done by an ablation |
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| Future plans | i am due to have a heart monitor on for 7 days to see how things are, will continue with the flecainide until something else is decided |
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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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