Temporary decrease in heart rate in Lyme carditis during treatment with antibiotics

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-290

  Dam, Edwin P ^a   Jonker, Dries R ^a   Hoorntje, Jan C A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE WEEZENLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Lyme carditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029764569     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.3.289     Document Type: Article

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