Lyme carditis in children: Presentation, predictive factors, and clinical course

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Costello, John M ^a,b   Alexander, Mark E ^a,b   Greco, Karla M ^a,b   Perez Atayde, Antonio R ^a,b   Laussen, Peter C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carditis; Children; Heart block; Lyme disease; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; PACEMAKER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOSTON; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66049101449     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3058     Document Type: Article

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