| Name | David Silver |
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| Location | Hawaii |
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| Age | 47 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmia |
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| Years with condition | 15 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | currently dealing with Arrythmia all the time, Afib is 1-2X per week |
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| Duration of episodes | 10 mintues to 8 days |
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| Event preceding first AF | Always seemed related to cold or flu....thought eating bananas was the cure |
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| General health | I could take better care of myself. I smoke, but that does not seem to have much impact...and I have clear lungs. Major problem with weight control as every time I exercise, I go into Afib |
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| Current state | Sick and tired of the meds, the fatigue, under too much work stress |
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| Triggers | Work stress, cardio workouts, caffeine (none for 15 years), sleeping on my left side, bending down and standing too quickly, not getting enough sleep, colds and flu. |
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| Preventions | Not certain what that means |
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| Current medications/side effects | amiodorone (200 mg per day) and one aspirin. Low energy, trouble sleeping, swollen ( retaining water), and,um flatulance and smelly urine. Ok, its a bit graphic, but its the truth. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Tambocor - Gave me Ventricular Fib after 1.5 years
Digoxin - out of breath all the time
attenolol - same as dogoxin |
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| History of surgery | None, unless you consider two internal cardio conversions. I have a consultation with Dr. Natale (Cleveland Clinic) at Marin General in December and am currently wait-listed for RF Ablation with Dr. Natale. |
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| Future plans | See above. I am hoping to get my energy back to enjoy life. |
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| Personal comments | I appreciate everyone's contribution to this website and the yahoo support group. Without it, I would not be seeing Dr. Natale next month. There is no one in Hawaii who does the RF ablation so I figured I would wait for the best. |
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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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