Cardiac implications of Lyme disease, diagnosis and therapeutic approach

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-21

  Lelovas, Pavlos ^a   Dontas, Ismene ^a   Bassiakou, Eleni ^a   Xanthos, Theodoros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Doxycycline; Ixodes; Lyme carditis; Pacing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; DOXYCYCLINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE;

EID: 49349094181     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.01.044     Document Type: Review

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