| Name | Larry |
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| Location | Australia |
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| Age | 54 |
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| Diagnosed condition | A FIB |
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| Years with condition | PVC 8 years, A FIB 3 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | A FIB 4 to 5 times a week |
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| Duration of episodes | anywhere from 15 minutes to 5 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | nil |
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| General health | Good |
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| Current state | apart from A FIB my health is very good |
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| Triggers | More than 4 nips of Alcohol in one sitting.
Caffeine |
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| Preventions | I have kept a diary of everything I have eaten during the past 6 months, but the only obvious Triggers that I have found are the ones listed above. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Tambocor 50mg twice per day.
Slight dizziness and light headed, nothing drastic enough to affect my everyday living.
My doctor doesn't like it, but I try to keep my blood thin with garlic and light consumption of alcohol - 2 nips per day. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Aspirin, had to discontinue due to stomach problems. |
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| History of surgery | No surgery, but I have been treated for a bleeding Stomach Ulcer. |
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| Future plans | I am becoming convinced that the Mini-maze procedure offers the best hope to get rid of this condition once and for all. I hope to wait a couple of years until the procedure becomes established in Sydney. |
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| Personal comments | I find AF to be like walking around with a time bomb in my chest, never certain whether today is going to be an AF day or a good day. I just wish that i could find every trigger for these events so that I could avoid them. That is the biggest mystery for me, one day there is A Fib and the next day it is gone, why? |
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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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