| Name | Huw |
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| Location | North Wales |
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| Age | 52 |
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| Diagnosed condition | lone paroxysmal atrial fibrilation |
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| Years with condition | over 10yrs |
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| Frequency of episodes | at present every 2 weeks, in past went 3mths without an episode. |
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| Duration of episodes | 5hrs |
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| Event preceding first AF | Death of Wife, years of heavy drinking |
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| General health | at present i don,t drink or smoke, overweight |
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| Current state | I had an episode this morning. |
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| Triggers | Eating late,dehydration,stress, disturbed sleep, doing too much at one time and too long a gap between meals and too much chocolate. |
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| Preventions | prevent doing the above |
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| Current medications/side effects | 75mg aspirin
Propafenone HCL (arythmol) 2x300mg to be taken an hr after the onset of attack. |
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| Past medications/side effects | n/a |
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| History of surgery | n/a |
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| Future plans | More exercise |
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| Personal comments | It doesn,t prevent me from going to work,as they happen at night when i,m in bed. In 10 yrs i,ve only had episodes 6 times during the day. |
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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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