| Name | Glenside |
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| Location | Aberdeenshire, UK |
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| Age | 52 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 2 months, First episode 19 November 2005 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 2 in three weeks |
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| Duration of episodes | 15 hours, 6 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | Hypertension but under control |
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| General health | Good, no alcohol, non smoker, 40 minutes walk per day. previous asthmatic but not this year. |
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| Current state | No further events since 5 December 2005 |
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| Triggers | Entrapped air and indigestion |
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| Preventions | Do not drink diet lemonade, diet coke etc. Do not eat large amounts of food or food that can cause indigestion. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Verapamil 120 mg daily since 5 December, Asprin 75 mg since 5 December, Imapril 10 mg daily. Resting heart rate circa 58 from 61. Tiredeness mid evenings.
Some light headedness, BP reduced about 4 points from 138 / 76 to 132 / 74. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Imidapril 10 mg daily. Resting heart rate from circa 64 to circa 61. BP controlled. |
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | Watch what I eat and drink. Treadmill in mid February. |
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| Personal comments | After being told by my GP that I had hypertension in March 2005. I purchased an Omeron model 6 BP meter. On both occasions it is the unstable pulse warning on the Omeron that alerted me that I was in AF.
On both occasions I spontaneously reverted to sinus rhythm in hospital waiting to be shocked. |
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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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