| Name | Mavis |
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| Location | California |
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| Age | 57 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | At least a year, just diagnosed June 2004 |
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| Frequency of episodes | They went from very infrequent to every onther day |
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| Duration of episodes | The last one, in which I went to the ER lasted about 6 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | Nothing at all |
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| General health | I thought good health. My cholesterol is 232 but my HDL is high. My cardiologist says that does not matter. I must get it down below 200. I am femail 5' 8 1/2" and weigh 135. I have always been very nutrition and health concious. |
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| Current state | They admitted me when I went to the ER I was put on Betapace. I have not had an episode since. I feel good . |
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| Triggers | I love wine. Wine dinners and knowing about wine has been a real source of entertainment for me. I just went to a new cardiologist yesterday for a second opnion. He says I should not drink at all. THat is hard but I will do it. If that is what is triggering it. He did say it is hard to tell what the trigger is now that I have already been put on Betapace. |
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| Preventions | I do no not know. I feel I always knew when I was having them, my new cardiologist says they may still be occuring in sleep. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Betapace. I read all I could on internet. It scared me but I don;t want to have AF either. I am lucky that so far no major side effects. |
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| Past medications/side effects | None |
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | As I mentioned I got a second opnion and than changed cardiologists(to him). He would not have treated me in the ER by trying to medically cardiovert me becuase of my history of how long I have been having them. That is when the clots are most likely to happen.He would have put me on coumadin than which the others did not. I am going in for a stress treadmill and wear a holitor for 24hours. I was diagnosed by wearing an event monitor. |
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| Personal comments | My biggest fear is of a stroke. I also am hyperthroid but my blood levels have alwyas been closely monitored by my internist. I have been on Synthroid for over 25 years. They at first thought that may be the reason but there does not seem to be one. |
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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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