Complete heart block due to lyme carditis in two pediatric patients and a review of the literature

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 338-341

  Silver, Eric ^a   Pass, Robert H ^a   Kaufman, Stuart ^a   Hordof, Alan J ^a   Liberman, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete Heart Block; Lyme Disease; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ISOPRENALINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOPROTERENOL; LYME DISEASE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYOCARDITIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 34548809649     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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