| Name | anon |
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| Location | Washington State, USA |
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| Age | 49 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Afib |
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| Years with condition | 3 months |
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| Frequency of episodes | Discovered to be in afib all the time during a sleep study |
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| Duration of episodes | Sleep study was in January, other doctors in December had not detected it or had trouble reading blood pressure, so it was determined to have begun in January. |
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| Event preceding first AF | Nothing. Some lifestyle stress in the prior year. |
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| General health | Non smoker, very light social drinker (3/wk max), very light coffee drinker (1x day), significantly overweight, sedentary, no thyroid condition, no heart disease, normal BP 110/75, Cholesterol TL/LDL/HDL 170/110/60, blood sugar 95, sleep apnea 10+ years, |
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| Current state | Cured so far |
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| Triggers | Possibly caused by Vyvanse, ADD stimulant, or Drisdol, Vit D high dose supplement, which list cardiac electrical activity as a side effect.
Also possibly caused by sleep apnea, though sleep apnea doctor disputes as CPAP has been used nightly. |
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| Preventions | Unknown |
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| Past medications/side effects | Vyvanse, discontinued, may have triggered, possible side effect to electrical activity of heart
Drisdol High dose Vitamin D (1x week, 50,000 IU) Possible effects on electrical activity of heart |
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| History of surgery | Ablation 2011
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| Personal comments | Non smoker, very light social drinker (3/wk max), very light coffee drinker (1x day), overweight, unfortunately sedentary (will change), no thyroid condition, no heart disease, normal BP 110/75, Cholesterol TL/LDL/HDL 170/110/60, blood sugar 95, sleep apnea 10+ years, CPAP compliant user 10 years
Taking Pradaxa 2x day which is not on the list below. It is a blood thinner deemed safer than coumadin. |
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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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