| Name | Jen |
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| Location | New York |
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| Age | 37 |
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| Diagnosed condition | A-fib |
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| Years with condition | 11 months |
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| Frequency of episodes | up to 10 a day |
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| Duration of episodes | any where from 15 min to 1 hour |
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| Event preceding first AF | Had a bad cold and then an asthma attack directly preseeding the episode which set of my AICD 5 times in one night |
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| General health | I have hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, asthma and had a TIA in February of 2004, CHF |
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| Current state | A-fib under control so far thanks to a Radio frequency ablation performed by Dr Al-Mugummda @ St. Josephs Hospital in Syracuse New York |
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| Triggers | Colds (coughing), stress, caffine, |
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| Preventions | none |
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| Current medications/side effects | Amioderone 400mg vision problems, Toprol 50 XL, Verapamil 240, Lasix 40 mg, Coumadin 3mg, singular 10 mg, spriva 1 inhalation per day, flovent 4 puffs a day, xoponex nebulizer as needed. Tired all the time |
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| Past medications/side effects | Dysoperimide (norpace), toprol 300 mg a day, lasix, verapamil the combination drugs weren't doing the job. |
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| History of surgery | Jan 2001 had a Cardiac Cath and then a dual chamber AICD put in, on June 29th 2004 had a Cardiac Cath and Radio Frequency Ablation. |
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| Future plans | I am taking it one procedure at a time assuming the rfa worked which I will find out on sept 30th, the I want to take care of the HOCM symptoms, I hope to convince my DR. that a Septal Myectomy is the way to go. I am also hoping go back to work and to continue my education in the field of forensic science. |
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| Personal comments | I have been living with HOCM for 10 years now and I take it one day at a time but the feeling I get when I have an episode of A-Fib is something I want to stop for good as soon as possible.
Good Luck to everyone and God Bless |
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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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