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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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===Life Threatening Causes=== | ===Life Threatening Causes=== | ||
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. | Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. | ||
*[[Stroke|Acute stroke]] | |||
*[[Alcoholism|Alcohol overdose]] | |||
*[[Cocaine|Cocaine overdose]] | |||
*[[Digitalis toxicity]] | |||
*[[Hypokalemia]] | |||
*[[Hypoxia]] | |||
*[[Myocardial infarction]] | |||
*[[Theophylline|Theophylline toxicity]] | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
*[[Alcoholism|Alcohol overdose]] | |||
*[[Caffeine]] | |||
*[[Cocaine|Cocaine overdose]] | |||
*[[Hypertensive heart disease]] | |||
*[[Hypokalemia]] | |||
*[[Hypoxia]] | |||
*[[Myocardial infarction]] | |||
===Causes by Organ System=== | ===Causes by Organ System=== | ||
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*[[Cocaine|Cocaine overdose]] | *[[Cocaine|Cocaine overdose]] | ||
*[[Digitalis toxicity]] | *[[Digitalis toxicity]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Hypertensive heart disease]] | ||
*[[Hypokalemia]] | *[[Hypokalemia]] | ||
*[[Hypoxia]] | *[[Hypoxia]] | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 22 August 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: AT; focal 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 | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| 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 | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| 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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