Atrial tachycardia
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: AT; focal atrial tachycardia; unifocal atrial tachycardia
Overview
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
- Acute stroke
- Alcohol overdose
- Cocaine overdose
- Digitalis toxicity
- Hypokalemia
- Hypoxia
- Myocardial infarction
- Theophylline toxicity
Common Causes
- Alcohol overdose
- Caffeine
- Cocaine overdose
- Hypertensive heart disease
- Hypokalemia
- Hypoxia
- Myocardial infarction
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Cardiomyopathy, hypertensive heart disease, myocardial infarction |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | Albuterol, caffeine, theophylline |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | Acute stroke |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | Alcohol, caffeine, cocaine, digitalis, theophylline |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | Hypoxia |
| Renal/Electrolyte | Hypokalemia |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
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