Lyme carditis presenting as sick sinus syndrome.
Lyme carditis
Lyme disease
Sick sinus syndrome
Sinus pauses
Journal
Journal of electrocardiology
ISSN: 1532-8430
Titre abrégé: J Electrocardiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0153605
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
07
01
2020
revised:
15
01
2020
accepted:
23
01
2020
pubmed:
3
2
2020
medline:
22
6
2021
entrez:
3
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Lyme disease, a tickborne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, can affect cardiac tissue causing Lyme carditis. Patients with Lyme carditis most commonly present with varying degrees of atrioventricular block and rarely with sick sinus syndrome. A previously healthy 22 year-old male presented with syncope. His 2 week Holter monitor showed sinus pauses of 6.5 and 6.8 s. Lyme serology, including Western blot, was positive. A stress test, completed after 8 days of intravenous antibiotics for Lyme carditis, revealed no conduction abnormalities. He was discharged on 3 weeks of oral antibiotics and had no conduction abnormalities on subsequent follow-up.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32007907
pii: S0022-0736(20)30014-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.01.007
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
65-67Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest None to declare.