Lyme Carditis: An Interesting Trip to Third-Degree Heart Block and Back
Carditis is an uncommon presentation of the early disseminated phase of Lyme disease. We present the case of a young female who presented with erythema migrans and was found to have first-degree heart block which progressed to complete heart block within hours. After receiving ceftriaxone, there was...
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| description | Carditis is an uncommon presentation of the early disseminated phase of Lyme disease. We present the case of a young female who presented with erythema migrans and was found to have first-degree heart block which progressed to complete heart block within hours. After receiving ceftriaxone, there was complete resolution of the heart block in sequential fashion. Our case illustrates the importance of early recognition and anticipation of progressive cardiac conduction abnormalities in patients presenting with Lyme disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-19eb1fdd98a5468294223f9f871b460c2025-02-03T01:33:00ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122016-01-01201610.1155/2016/54541605454160Lyme Carditis: An Interesting Trip to Third-Degree Heart Block and BackMaxwell Eyram Afari0Fady Marmoush1Mobeen Ur Rehman2Umama Gorsi3Joseph F. Yammine4Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USADepartment of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USADepartment of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USADepartment of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USADepartment of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USACarditis is an uncommon presentation of the early disseminated phase of Lyme disease. We present the case of a young female who presented with erythema migrans and was found to have first-degree heart block which progressed to complete heart block within hours. After receiving ceftriaxone, there was complete resolution of the heart block in sequential fashion. Our case illustrates the importance of early recognition and anticipation of progressive cardiac conduction abnormalities in patients presenting with Lyme disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5454160 |
| spellingShingle | Maxwell Eyram Afari Fady Marmoush Mobeen Ur Rehman Umama Gorsi Joseph F. Yammine Lyme Carditis: An Interesting Trip to Third-Degree Heart Block and Back Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Lyme Carditis: An Interesting Trip to Third-Degree Heart Block and Back |
| title_full | Lyme Carditis: An Interesting Trip to Third-Degree Heart Block and Back |
| title_fullStr | Lyme Carditis: An Interesting Trip to Third-Degree Heart Block and Back |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lyme Carditis: An Interesting Trip to Third-Degree Heart Block and Back |
| title_short | Lyme Carditis: An Interesting Trip to Third-Degree Heart Block and Back |
| title_sort | lyme carditis an interesting trip to third degree heart block and back |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5454160 |
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