AFibbers Database: Barb in PA

Name	Barb in PA
Location	USA
Age	74
Diagnosed condition	Paroxysmal AF
Years with condition	08
Frequency of episodes	weekly or more
Duration of episodes	5 to 24 hours + sometimes days
Event preceding first AF	pneumonia
General health	ashmatic bronchitis
Current state	good
Triggers	caffine, stress, exercise, rest., cold drinks,.many of the same triggers as I get with my migraines
Preventions	try to avoid stress, before Afib I was a real type A and have learned to relax and enjoy a slower pace
Current medications/side effects	tikosyn cartia, coumadin, lipitor, & toprol
Past medications/side effects	propanal, altace, aspirin 80mg sotalol - tireness digoxin
History of surgery	appendectomy, laminectomy, hysterecomy, gall bladder, shoulder
Future plans	Went onto Tikosyn hoping for help but finally had an ablation July 07 which did not succeed and planning on a second one but maybe with another doctor.
Personal comments	Tikosyn has not worked, episodes became very long, for days and days. Ablation did not work, episodes came more often but less duration.
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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