This usually resolves the arrhythmia.
Mat treatment cardiology.
Improving blood oxygen levels giving magnesium or potassium through a vein stopping medicines such as theophylline which can increase heart rate.
Your doctor may also prescribe medications like certain beta blockers or calcium channel blockers that have proved effective in.
In most cases the best way to treat mat is to treat the other health problems.
Treatment should be targeted at the underlying cause.
Multifocal or multiform atrial tachycardia mat is an abnormal heart rhythm specifically a type of supraventricular tachycardia that is particularly common in older people and is associated with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd.
Treatment for mat includes.
Electrical cardioversion is contraindicated as it may worsen the arrhythmia.
Beta blockers should be considered as first choice provided that pulmonary disease does not limit its use.
If you have a condition that can lead to mat that condition should be treated first.
Mat has previously been described by terms such as chaotic atrial rhythm or tachycardia chaotic atrial mechanism and repetitive paroxysmal mat.
Treatments used by doctors to correct.