I have been diagnosed with EAT, ectopic atrial tachycardia. According to my doctors my tests has shown that the attacks are wery easy to trigger. I can have several short attacks every day, each lasting for about 10-30 seconds.
The doctors belive that the cause of this may be scarring from an earlier myocarditis, which i did not notised at the time (probably mot than 10 years ago).
In periods I also have quite a lot of PVC:s. Good periods I only feel them mayby 10 times a day, but perhaps once a year I get a couple of days with 10 000 – 20 000 daily. They seem to get more freequent when I excercise.
I havent´got a clear answer if this PVS:s also comes from scarring (The presumed Myocarditis), but the doctors thinks that it is possible.
I have done an Eco, which showed normal contitions. I am scedueled to a stresstest in a couple of weeks. Then my doctor wants me to start taking flecainide. I am going to be hospitalised for three days, then go home.
The alternative is ablation, since the attacks of EAT are som easely provoced one of the doctors thinks that I have a pretty good chanse to have them fixed. But there are also risks, depending the site of te ”scar tissue” that the EAT is orignating from.
My doctor wants me to try flecainide frist, but i am hesitant. I have read about it, and they seem to be pretty serios risks involved.
I would rather go for the ablation, but my doctor says that I can´t get that before I tried flecainide.
What is your advice?