 | AFibbers Database: John Sieber |  |   |
| Name | John Sieber |
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| Location | Houston, TX |
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| Age | 74 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 6 |
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| Frequency of episodes | once a week on average |
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| Duration of episodes | Varies from 1 hour to 46 hours (lately) |
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| General health | Have respiratory allergies controlled by antigen injections. Health otherwise good. |
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| Current state | Only atrial fibrillation uncured. |
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| Triggers | Stress, possibly alcohol, caffeine, large meals, especially in combination. |
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| Preventions | These sometimes work: relaxing techniques, Valsalva maneuvers, dofetilide. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Dofetilide (Tikosyn) 500 mcg a day and Toprol-XL 25 mg a day. Coumadin 5 mg and 7.5 mg on alternate days. No side effects . |
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| Past medications/side effects | Lanoxin
Atenolol (occasional severe weakness and faintness)
Disopyramide
Betapace
Tambocor
Rythmol (bad taste and dry mouth during night) |
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| History of surgery | Tonsillectomy at age 4
Radical prostatectomy at age 69 (prostate cancer) |
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| Future plans | Possibly increase dosage of dofetilide if AF continues. If that doesn't work, possibly hypnosis, amalgam removal,
pacemaker (with or without A-V node ablation), Maze procedure, nutritional supplements, chiropractor, healing touch. |
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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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