| Name | Anon |
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| Location | US |
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| Age | 65 |
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| Diagnosed condition | atrial fibrillatiom |
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| Years with condition | 12 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Twice a week |
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| Duration of episodes | lasting from less than 1 hour to just over 24 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | None |
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| General health | Very good |
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| Current state | AF becoming less frequent in the last month |
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| Triggers | Combination of alcohol and chocolate wiyhin a time frame of an hour.
Physical stress ie running hard for an extended period thus raising heat rate to >120 bpm |
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| Preventions | Suspect regular mealtimes including a regular b'fast |
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| Current medications/side effects | None |
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| Past medications/side effects | beta blocker(atenolol, I believe)/ slow heartbeat (45+/-)
Low blood pressure |
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| History of surgery | Spinal tap at age 13 to relieve brain pressure during concussion. |
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| Future plans | No specific |
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| Personal comments | I suspect a thyroid gland connection. At less than 10 years of age I was on "Metabolism pills". Perhaps ADD?
Recently Dr. prescribed Amiodarone but I declined due to possible side effect risks. |
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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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