| Name | mary duffy |
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| Age | 57 |
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| Diagnosed condition | paroximal Lone Atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 7 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | one episode to six per year |
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| Duration of episodes | 7-8 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | hypothyroid and coeliac disease |
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| General health | non-smoker, non-drinker because of prescribed medication. |
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| Current state | Maintainence drugs Eltroxin (for thyroid) tambocar, warfarin andAtenalol |
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| Triggers | 1. Mental stress
2.Physical exertion
3.Indigestion of any level.
4.Sometimes nothing at all |
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| Preventions | Avoid the above situations (as far as daily activities of life will allow) |
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| Current medications/side effects | 1. Eltroxin thyroid replacement hormone.100 mcgs daily. Its side-affects include. Cardiac arrhythymias, anginal pain, tachycardia.Interacts with anti-coagualants.
2.Tambocar(flecainide) 150 mgms twice daily. its side effects are many including visual disturbances.
3.Atenalol. 25mgms daily. Side effects include bradycardia, cold extremeties, sleep disturbance, tiredness, low blood pressure and gastric upset +++++++++more. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Isoptin. Side effects, headache and flushing.
Rythmodan (Disopyramide) Hypoglycaemia. |
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| History of surgery | None (yet) |
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| Future plans | Consider ablation, hopefully in Ireland. Success rate not promising at present. |
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| Personal comments | One of the most positive things to happen was to discover websites. Even the best doctors STILL cannot grasp the problem of Afib. My own symptoms are exactly like many of the other suffers and i can understand immediately their particular problem and the situation they find themselves in. |
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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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