Lyme carditis: Complete atrioventricular dissociation with need for temporary pacing

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 313-316

  Xanthos, Theodoros ^a,b   Lelovas, Pavlos ^a   Kantsos, Harilaos ^a   Dontas, Ismene ^a   Perrea, Despina ^a   Kouskouni, Evangelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Department of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Native valves; Pacemaker; Prosthetic valves

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART PACING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HEART RATE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 35448975578     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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