Lyme carditis: Complete AV dissociation with episodic asystole presenting as syncope in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 661-664

  Rosenfeld, Mitchel E ^a   Beckerman, Bernard ^a   Ward, Mary Frances ^a   Sama, Andrew ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Carditis; Ceftriaxone; Lyme; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0033169038     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00061-X     Document Type: Article

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