Dr. Steve Hammill answers the question: 'How Is Atrial Tachycardia Unique?' — -- Question: What is atrial tahycardia, and how does it differ from other heart rhythm problems? Answer :Atrial ...

Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT) is a type of irregular heartbeat in which the heart beats faster than it should. It’s one of many types of heart arrhythmias or irregular heart rhythms. When your ...

WITHIN the past two years 2 patients who presented problems in the prevention of attacks of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia have been seen. In 1 of these, guanethidine and right-sided dorsal ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial tachycardia when I was 5 years old. I had an ablation to treat it when I was 48, which was successful. I have always had and continue to have ...

The past 5 years have seen great advances in the knowledge of neural mechanisms of atrial arrhythmogenesis. Direct autonomic nerve recordings demonstrate that simultaneous sympathovagal discharges and ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I'm a woman, age 30, in good health, a non-smoker and an avid athlete. I was recently diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial tachycardia. This terrifies me, but my doctor assures me it is ...

The retrospective study population included 61 patients (29 men) with a mean age of 42 ± 5 years. Echocardiography showed normal LA (33.4 ± 1.5 mm) and normal ejection fraction (63.1 ± 2.3%). Two ...