| Name | Clay |
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| Location | Minnetonk, Minnesota |
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| Age | 47 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Persistent afib |
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| Years with condition | 1 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 8 weeks |
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| Duration of episodes | persistent |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | Good, now cutting back on alcohol and caffeine, non-smoker |
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| Current state | currently NSR, on third drug |
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| Triggers | Possible trigger: dehydration + beer
Really can't finger anything.
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| Preventions | Ice pack to the back of the neck. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Flecainide 75 mg twice/day. No side effects. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Sotolol 120mg: very low resting pulse (44), some lethargy, persistent low-grade headache, felt inhibited from exercising, but felt better if I did.
Atenolol 50mg: low resting pulse: mid-50's
Neither beta-blocker held me in NSR longer than 7 weeks.
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| History of surgery | None. |
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| Future plans | Still trying drug therapy, modest life-style changes.
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| Personal comments | Lost 40+ lbs in the 18 months prior to AFIB diagnostics (thank God!), and I attribute my comparatively mild symptoms (when in
AFIB) to that.
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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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