Journal article
Lyme Carditis
Infectious disease clinics of North America, Vol.29(2), pp.255-268
06/01/2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2015.02.003
PMID: 25999222
Abstract
Lyme disease is a common disease that uncommonly affects the heart. Because of the rarity of this diagnosis and the frequent absence of other concurrent clinical manifestations of early Lyme disease, consideration of Lyme carditis demands a high level of suspicion when patients in endemic areas come to attention with cardiovascular symptoms and evidence of higher-order heart block. A majority of cases manifest as atrioventricular block. A minority of Lyme carditis cases are associated with myopericarditis. Like other manifestations of Lyme disease, carditis can readily be managed with antibiotic therapy and supportive care measures, such that affected patients almost always completely recover.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Lyme Carditis
- Creators
- Matthew L. Robinson - Johns Hopkins UniversityTakaaki Kobayashi - Johns Hopkins UniversityYvonne Higgins - Johns Hopkins UniversityHugh Calkins - Johns Hopkins UniversityMichael T. Melia - Johns Hopkins University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infectious disease clinics of North America, Vol.29(2), pp.255-268
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.idc.2015.02.003
- PMID
- 25999222
- ISSN
- 0891-5520
- eISSN
- 1557-9824
- Number of pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984363159702771
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