AFibbers Database: Jack Drum

Name	Jack Drum
Location	Peoria, Illinois, USA
Age	68
Diagnosed condition	Lone Atrial Fibrillation.
Years with condition	45
Frequency of episodes	one or two a year at start, and near chronic prior to surgery.
Duration of episodes	Varied from a few minutes to 3 days.
Event preceding first AF	None
General health	Good, smoker for 40 years. Now stopped for 8 years.
Current state	Cured in 1998, by the Maze Procedure.
Triggers	Most of my episodes came on a time basis, which varied over the years. If I was near a AF cycle, I could bring it on early by physical exertion. No known substance triggers. It was time or physical exertion.
Current medications/side effects	None
Past medications/side effects	My main AF medication was Quinidex Tried many new ones as the became available, but due to side effects or ineffectiveness always had to revert back to Quinidex. Lanoxin for several years with the Quinidex. Side effects was severe abdominal and back pain. Stopped as soon as I came off the lanoxin. Aspirin, I was never on coumadin.
History of surgery	Radical Prostate cancer surgery 1990 Maze surgery 1998
Future plans	Live a long happy life free of atrial fibrillation and free of the AF medications.
Personal comments	After being cured of AF, after a lifetime of dealing with it and the bad side effect of the medications for AF, I find it hard to understand why more people don't opt for the maze procedure to cure this awful ailment. The surgery and recovery was so much easier than I had expected, and life free of AF and medication, (even for a 68 year old), is so wonderful, I just feel great.
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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