| Name | Katie |
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| Location | Dryden ON CAN |
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| Age | 57 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Paroxsymal atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 3 |
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| Frequency of episodes | about 2 a year |
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| Duration of episodes | 5-12 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | hyperthyroid |
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| General health | good, |
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| Current state | holding my own. 2 episodes this year so far. |
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| Triggers | suspect alcohol, coffee, tea |
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| Preventions | avoid these triggers just in case they are the cause but have had AF without taking these |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotalol 160 twice a day. Sometimes fatigued and short of breath, aspirin |
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| Past medications/side effects | metropolol and lower dose of sotalol |
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| History of surgery | none |
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| Future plans | Considering an ablation down the road but need more input and waiting to see how others are doing after the ablation. Concerned about side effects |
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| Personal comments | I wish this would just go away as I never know when it will hit. Had to cancel a trip to Vegas in Feb and am on a travel ban from my cardiololgist til Aug. Otherwise manage to do everything and enjoy life. |
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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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