Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis
A 49-year-old man, who presented with new onset dyspnea on exertion and fatigue without clear history of a typical erythema migrans rash, was found to have complete atrioventricular (AV) heart block with positive serology for Lyme disease. A complete stepwise reversal of the AV block was achieved sh...
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2018-07-01
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| author | Khalil I. Bourji T. Newsome John Meyerhoff |
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| description | A 49-year-old man, who presented with new onset dyspnea on exertion and fatigue without clear history of a typical erythema migrans rash, was found to have complete atrioventricular (AV) heart block with positive serology for Lyme disease. A complete stepwise reversal of the AV block was achieved shortly after the initiation of intravenous antibiotic treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62ef30e65b7049c1b1908983f95f89b72023-01-02T18:59:32ZengGreater Baltimore Medical CenterJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives2000-96662018-07-018424124310.1080/20009666.2018.15039181503918Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditisKhalil I. Bourji0T. Newsome1John Meyerhoff2Sinai HospitalSinai HospitalSinai HospitalA 49-year-old man, who presented with new onset dyspnea on exertion and fatigue without clear history of a typical erythema migrans rash, was found to have complete atrioventricular (AV) heart block with positive serology for Lyme disease. A complete stepwise reversal of the AV block was achieved shortly after the initiation of intravenous antibiotic treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1503918Lyme carditisatrioventricular heart blocklyme diseaselyme borreliosisheart block |
| spellingShingle | Khalil I. Bourji T. Newsome John Meyerhoff Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives Lyme carditis atrioventricular heart block lyme disease lyme borreliosis heart block |
| title | Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis |
| title_full | Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis |
| title_fullStr | Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis |
| title_short | Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis |
| title_sort | rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to lyme carditis |
| topic | Lyme carditis atrioventricular heart block lyme disease lyme borreliosis heart block |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1503918 |
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