Atrial Fibrillation

flecainide up to 150mg twice daily for the control of atrial fibrillation

Flecainide

sotalol up to 120mg twice daily for the control of atrial fibrillation

Sotalol

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

Rush University Medical Center

University of Illinois at Chicago

Advocate Christ Medical Center

Pharmacogenetic Study of Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation

A Prospective, Multi-Center, Randomized, Open Label Trial to Determine if a Common Atrial Fibrillation Risk Locus Modulates Differential Response to Antiarrhythmic Drugs

Subjects will be monitored with the Medtronic Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) system to assess AF burden. The device will be programmed to optimize the memory for storing AF episode..

Quality of life assessment: Patients will be asked to fill out the AFEQT quality of life questionnaire baseline (study randomization), two, four, six, eight, ten, and 12 months (completion of the study). The questionnaire at the end of the 6rd month will be administered just prior to stopping the first study drug. The validated questionnaire is comprised of 20 questions about AF symptoms with answers given on a Likert scale. The questionnaire will be provided to the patients in paper format either in person or by mail, as applicable. A follow-up phone call will be made to each patient to ensure that the questionnaire is completed and returned.

Dawood Darbar, MD

Professor of Medicine

Medtronic

Ulcer Disease After Gastric Bypass

Marginal Ulcer

Perforated Marginal Ulcer

Acutely Perforated Marginal Ulcer

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UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research

Perforated Marginal Ulcer After Gastric Bypass

Laparoscopic Revision Gastric Bypass Surgery for Perforated Marginal Ulcer: A 10 Year Experience

Kelvin D Higa, MD; FACS; FASMBS; Professor of Surgery, University of California San Francisco

University of California, San Francisco

Patients with intractable or chronic marginal ulcer disease after gastric bypass complaining of abdominal pain, GI bleeding, obstruction, perforation and penetration. Sometimes with other associated diagnosis such as narcotic and tobacco dependence, protein-calorie malnutrition, excessive weight loss, poor pouch emptying syndrome, weight regain, inadequate initial weight loss, severe dumping syndrome among others.

Chronic Ulcer Disease

Persistent Ulcer Disease

Recurrent Ulcer Disease

Late Morbidity After Gastric Bypass

University of California San Francisco, Department of Surgery/Fresno Medical Education Program

Chronic Marginal Ulcers After Gastric Bypass

Laparoscopic Revision Gastric Bypass Surgery for Chronic Marginal Ulcers: a 10 Year Experience

Kelvin D Higa, MD; FACS; FASMBS; Professor of Surgery UCSF