Common form of lyme borreliosis carditis – complete heart block with syncope: Report on 3 cases?

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-78

  Vasiljević, Zorcinci ^a   Dmitrović, Radmila ^a   Naumović, Zora ^a   Ostojić, Miodrag ^a   Radosavljević, Mina ^a   KaradĎić, Ana ^a   Prostran, Milica ^a   Čolić, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Heart block; Lyme borreliosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADAMS STOKES ATTACK; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0029655988     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177064     Document Type: Article

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