| Name | Jennie |
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| Location | southern CA |
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| Age | 37 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Cardiomyopathy |
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| Years with condition | 7 months |
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| Frequency of episodes | one that I know of |
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| Duration of episodes | one cardioversion and hospitalization |
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| Event preceding first AF | pneumonia |
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| General health | good |
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| Current state | adjusting to activitity limits, less energy |
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| Triggers | pneumonia, caffiene, was on cold pills too long (over a month) |
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| Preventions | My cardiologist says it is more an issue of being on the right meds, but I would like to know more about what I can do to prevent this. |
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| Current medications/side effects | atenelol- low energy side effect
warfarin- risk of bleeding from activities |
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| Past medications/side effects | Amiodarone- caused hair loss
Disopyramide- caused blurred vision and difficulty swallowing/ dry mouth |
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| History of surgery | cardioversion |
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| Future plans | find how others with my similar problem (septal defect, congenital) are being treated- esp patients my age range |
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| Personal comments | My mother has a stroke in her early 40's, so I don't mind being on Warfarin. |
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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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