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Treatment. Treatment of atrial tachycardia depends on what causes it and how severe it is. Treatment may include: Vagal maneuvers. Simple but specific actions such as coughing, putting an ice pack on the face or pushing down as if having a bowel movement can help slow down the heart rate.
Treatment for atrial tachycardia includes medications to slow the heart rate down or adjust the heart rhythm. Another method is cardioversion which shocks the heart back into a normal rhythm. Another way of treatment is an ablation procedure in which the area of the heart producing the abnormal signals in heated and destroyed.
Treatment for paroxysmal atrial tachycardia may include medications like beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers, cardioversion, and catheter ablation procedures.
What is the treatment for atrial tachycardia? Medications that providers often use to treat atrial tachycardia include: Beta-blockers : This type of medication can stop or slow down certain cell functions, especially in your heart.
Anyone can get atrial tachycardia. But some health conditions or treatments can increase your risk. Atrial tachycardia risk factors include: Heart conditions such as coronary artery disease, heart valve disease and other heart diseases. Heart failure. Heart condition present at birth, called a congenital heart defect. Previous heart surgery ...
Adenosine is the recommended first-line drug treatment for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT), a benign arrhythmia. Adenosine and calcium channel blockers (CCBs) showed promising results regarding safety and efficacy.
Introduction. Atrial tachycardia is an arrhythmia with electrical impulses originating within the atria. Atrial tachycardia can be a result of one or a combination of the mechanisms leading to arrhythmia: automatic, triggered activity, or reentry. In some cases, the mechanism remains undetermined. [1] .