| Name | Beverlyb98107 |
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| Location | Seattle |
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| Age | 49 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter |
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| Years with condition | 2 years ago |
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| Frequency of episodes | Every 6- 14 days |
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| Duration of episodes | 20-24 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | diabetic, hypothyroid, high pressure |
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| Current state | struggling for control of episodes |
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| Current medications/side effects | Toprol XL 25mg once a day - no side effects
Coumadin 3 mg a day - just normally easy bruising
Amiodarone 400 mg X 2 (still in loading phase) should be reduced shortly - no side effects at present |
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| Past medications/side effects | Digoxin - no side effects
Rythmol - no side effects
Cardizem - cough, headache, made a-fib worse
Sotalol - fatigue, swelling in lower legs, depression |
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| History of surgery | None
Atrial flutter ablation in January 2002, not known if effective, went into a-fib during electrophysiology study to document type of atrial flutter and did not convert despite numerous drugs and 5 attempts at cardioversion. Later converted on own. |
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| Future plans | Hoping for drug that will control for longer than 2 weeks at time. |
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| Personal comments | Glad to find a group with same problem to share with and learn from |
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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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