| Name | Steve |
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| Location | Yorkshire UK |
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| Age | 48 |
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| Diagnosed condition | double/missed beats, flutter |
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| Years with condition | 1.5 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 4-5 times/week |
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| Duration of episodes | 1-6 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | Excess stress (death of mother, moved job, house, neighbours from hell) |
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| General health | Fit, regular exercise, very moderate drinker (3-4 beers/week) |
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| Current state | controlled symptoms (mostly) |
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| Triggers | Stress
Relaxation (when first go to bed)
After strong exercise as heart rate drops |
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| Preventions | Avoiding stress |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotalol 2 x 40mg per day
Initial slow heart rate (45 bpm) recovered after several months.
Initial slight nausea and light-headedness. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Verapamil 2 x 40 mg
Did not work and made me throw up. |
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | Regular exercise routine (swimming, gym, mountain walking, cycling).
Annual checkups with cardiac specialist. |
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| Personal comments | I don't understand many of the medical terms - what term is appropriate for misplaced beats? |
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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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