| Name | Rob Young |
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| Location | California, MD |
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| Age | 43 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone, paroxysmal AF, bradycardia |
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| Years with condition | 14 |
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| Frequency of episodes | Progressed from 1x per year to now where I am in and out. |
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| Duration of episodes | hours to weeks to months, it depends |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | Athlete, no smoking , no drinking |
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| Current state | Cured??? |
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| Triggers | Caffeine, lack of sleep, too much stress, bending over, alcohol consumption, etc.
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| Preventions | At first, long duration/low intensity aerobic exercise helped me to convert. 500-1000mg magnesium also seems to work when I feel my heart getting irritable. |
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| Current medications/side effects | 50mg Atenolol
7mg warfarin
I've tried everything else, but they eventually stopped working. |
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| Past medications/side effects | I have taken almost everything. They either had bad side effects, didn't work, or eventually stopped working.
Was on amiodorone (the medication from hell) for 30 days. Didn't work and I gained over 30 lbs in that month.
Had severe side effects on sotolol.
Felcinide and ibutilide were the best until they each stopped working. |
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| History of surgery | EP study
RF ablation (unsuccessful)
DDDI pacemaker insertion
PVAI surgery at Cleveland Clinic in May 2006 (I feel 100% better). Restored NSR. Only 2 days of a-fib that went away on its own. Very few symptoms, very few palpatations. Best I have felt in 10 years. I highly recommend PVAI surgery at Cleveland Clinic. |
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| Future plans | Return to Cleveland Clinic for a followup in Oct 2006. |
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| Personal comments | I played football in college and was a competitive racquetball player. I also used to ride 100-150 mile bike tours. I am now out of breath climbing a set of steps and struggle to force myself to work out. I feel every irregular beat that my heart makes and it is very annoying. It creates a sense of anxiety.
Ever since the PVAI surgery, I feel great. Still a little winded but it's getting better. |
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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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