| Name | Frankie |
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| Location | Milwaukee, WI |
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| Age | 66 |
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| Diagnosed condition | was Atrial Fibrillation, now A Flutter |
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| Years with condition | less than one year |
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| Frequency of episodes | two weeks approximately/getting longer between episodes |
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| Duration of episodes | couple of hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | stress of major snow storm driving in/drinking coffee/eating chocolate |
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| General health | excellent health/do not smoke/one or two drinks couple of times a year |
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| Current state | had Radio Frequency Ablation October 11, 2005 - the thinking now is this is the first line of defense not drugs - this is my 6th week after ablation each day I feel better - may have to have another procedure |
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| Triggers | coffee, chocolate, Clariton D, stress, not enough rest, over eating, panic attack. |
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| Preventions | Only drug I take besides my prescribed ones is Regular Strength Tylenol. I drink only decaff coffee - when I eat out, I do not have coffee - usually drink milk. If I feel an episode coming on I try to relax. I drink bottled water that has not been chilled. I have started to have an episode and took medicine according to my doctor - 2, 50 mg Flecainide and 1, 50 mg Toprol XL - than waited an hour and could repeat it if my Blood Pressure and Pulse don't come down - this worked for me. |
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| Current medications/side effects | I take Toprol XL 25MG am and pm - Flecainide 100 mg am and pm - Warfarin 7 mg once a day. Flecainide makes me bloated and constipated - I usually eat prunes to help with the constipation. |
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| Past medications/side effects | allergy to sulfa drugs |
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| History of surgery | None. Had two children and the Radio Frequency Ablation was a breeze to childbirth. |
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| Future plans | Plan to continue working for two years than retire. Would like others to know about this Atrial Fibrillation which can become all consuming in one's life. |
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| Personal comments | I feel that the Radio Frequency Ablation is the way to go - it is much better than the drugs - which are poisons - and do not seem to work after awhile. There is another procedure to cure AF which is with laser. With Atrial Fibrillation it is very frightening - it is constantly in the back of your mind - with modern medicine strides have been enormous in the last two years even - there will be a cure for this condition. |
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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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