| Name | Karen |
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| Location | New Jersey |
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| Age | 24 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter |
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| Years with condition | 8 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Weekly |
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| Duration of episodes | 1 hour to 6 |
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| Event preceding first AF | None |
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| General health | None |
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| Current state | Middle of the road |
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| Triggers | Preservatives (in food)
Stress
Tiredness
Dehydration
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| Current medications/side effects | Toprol XL (75 mgs daily) (Exhaustion, vertigo)
Flecainide (50 mgs daily) (Flutter)
Baby Aspirin (81 mgs daily)
Synthroid (88 mcgs daily) For Hypothyroidism |
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| Past medications/side effects | Propafenone (300 mgs daily) (Muscle shakes, passing out)
Verapamil (Tiredness)
Cartia (tiredness, vertigo) (Didn't really cause many side affects, but didn't control afib/flutter)
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| History of surgery | EP Study, July 1997 (yielded nothing)
EP Study, January 2004 (yielded EKG showing Afib) |
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| Future plans | Looking to catch this on an EKG, hope to have an ablation to cure it. |
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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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