AFibbers Database: Barbara

Name	Barbara
Location	Bayonne, NJ USA
Age	39
Diagnosed condition	AFIB/SVTs
Years with condition	20
Frequency of episodes	each episode more frequent and serious
Duration of episodes	sometimes days
Event preceding first AF	Enlarged Heart, Pericarditis, Pneomonia
General health	Recovering Alcoholic/Addict - 15 yrs
Current state	New Jersey
Triggers	Stress, most episodes occurred while sleeping, would wake up. some occurred while resting.
Preventions	Meds didn't even work
Current medications/side effects	Absolutely none, since ablation in November 2000
Past medications/side effects	Solatol, and others, but some made me feel jittery, others no libido etc. Still had episodes
History of surgery	Had Catherization and EP Study in November, found 2 short circuits, ablated and wallah no more meds so far.
Future plans	Live a healthy normal life without afib, svts god willing.
Personal comments	Don't wait to get EP study. I switch cardiologist and he said I was way too young to go through this and he suggested EP and ablation.
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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