AFibbers Database: Sander

Name	Sander
Location	San Jose, CA USA
Age	37
Diagnosed condition	Atrial Fibrilation
Years with condition	20 (properly diagnosed 3 years ago)
Frequency of episodes	only 1 lengthy episode of several hours, short ones monthly
Duration of episodes	from seconds to hours
Event preceding first AF	none
General health	healthy, no smoking/drinking/drugs. Patent Foramen Ovale defect in heart.
Current state	under control
Triggers	Stress, anger, high carb diet perhaps. Eating too much can cause stomach pressure which sometimes seems to trigger AF. In at least one instance I felt my diaphram contract right before a short AF episode. Exercising too hard can cause AF. Once had this occur after beating the heavy bag 'with spirit' during martial arts training. It wasn't diagnosed yet at the time.
Preventions	Propafenone 50 mg 3x daily seems to help, taking vitamins/minerals (potassium in particular), staying away from sugar. Moderate exercise (field hockey, weights) seem to generally help health and AF.
Current medications/side effects	Propafenone, aspirin 81 mg. No side effects that I know of.
Past medications/side effects	None
History of surgery	None
Future plans	Perhaps ablation once the technique matures further and if I decide to get my PFO fixed.
Personal comments	I have known for a long time that something was wrong with my heart however doctors were never able to pinpoint what was wrong. It wasn't until I had my first multi hour AF episode and I was rushed to the hospital that I found out what I had. That's when they started looking for trouble and found that I had a PFO. Thankfully it's small so it doesn't (yet) require surgery. I think that just knowing what it is that I have relieved some of the symptoms because I'm not stressed about it anymore. When it happens I'm still somewhat afraid but I'm not afraid of it happening, if that makes sense. I noticed GERD in the list below. I was diagnosed with that 10 years ago and occasionally took OTC acid blockers like Zantac 75. However once I switched to a low carb diet and generally tried to avoid wheat my GERD disappeared entirely. I never wake up anymore with acid indigestion even if I eat right before going to bed.
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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