Lyme myocarditis presenting as fascicular tachycardia with underlying complete heart block

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-324

  Greenberg, Yisachar J ^a   Brennan, Joseph J ^a   Rosenfeld, Lynda E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fascicular tachycardia; heart block; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030974971     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00795.x     Document Type: Article

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