Complete heart block due to lyme carditis

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 367-369

  Lo, Ronald ^b   Menzies, Dhananjai J ^b   Archer, Herbert ^b   Cohen, Todd J ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

PCI; Periprocedural myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LYME CARDITIS; LYME DISEASE; PERICARDITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CEFTRIAXONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LYME DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PREDNISONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037499812     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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