AFibbers Database: René Larivé

Name	René Larivé
Location	Grand-Mere, QC Canada
Age	65
Diagnosed condition	Atrial Fibrillation
Years with condition	5 years
Frequency of episodes	Once a week
Duration of episodes	30 hours
Event preceding first AF	Heart attack 1985
General health	Good health. Quit smoking in 1985. Two drinks a day.
Current state	Ongoing
Triggers	Stress, exercise
Preventions	Rest, Tai chi, maybe magnesium supplement
Current medications/side effects	Sotalol, Altace, Apirin, Zocor. No side effects
Past medications/side effects	Acebetulol; no side effect
History of surgery	None
Future plans	Considering ablation procedure next winter if my AF condition does not improve
Personal comments	Great site. As others have mentionned, it helps to know that others have a similar, sometimes identical history of AF, with triggers and fixes behaving the same way. My AF events will often occur after a nap which followed a dinner meal. I have also often awaken to AF in the middle of night. I can tell that AF is on because the heart throbs are always accompanied with a stuffed nose. HAd my first noticeable AF event in 1998. All symptons went away for 2 years, and then came back. After taking up Tai Chi in 2002, I had been AF free until a bad case of the flu seemed to have awakened the monster last January. I had stopped doing TAi Chi regularly the previous September because of torn ligaments in an ankle playing catch football. AF has ruined this summer and fall this year with unpredictable onsets. I suspect that stress is partly responsable for my AF condition. I lead an electronic equipmemnt manufacturing company and work is stressfull on occasions. Future events: just went through echography (AF present)and 24 hour holter no AF at all) preparing for my decision to go through ablation procedure next winter. Once again, I am so glad to have found this site and be able to add to the data base.
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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