AFibbers Database: TERRI JAY

Name	TERRI JAY
Location	UNITED STATES
Age	46
Diagnosed condition	paroxsymal atrial fibrillation
Years with condition	1
Frequency of episodes	2 per month
Duration of episodes	2 hours to 36 hours
Event preceding first AF	stress
General health	fair overweight
Current state	episodes increasing in frequency and length
Triggers	stress, over eating, tired, exercise
Preventions	try and rest, no prevention yet
Current medications/side effects	diltiazem-tired, weak at first but better now.
Past medications/side effects	toporol-heart rate to low made me to tired
History of surgery	hysterectomy
Future plans	starting flecainide tomorrow
Personal comments	cardiologist is starting me on flecainide, i am a little concerned to start my first antiarrythmia drug, but my episodes have become more frequent and longer in duration, i also am having short bursts of palpitations several times a day. inactivity and fear of raising my heart rate during exercise is affecting my general health and weight gain since diagnosis.
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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