Acute Heart Failure From Lyme Carditis
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Acute heart failure from lyme carditis.
Case Report A 47-year-old woman presented with subacute fever, erythema migrans-like rash, shortness of breath, and spells of dizziness that had progressed to “blackouts.” At admission, complete atrioventricular (AV) block was present (Figure 1A), and ceftriaxone 1g was given initially for suspected Lyme disease. Within 6 hours of antimicrobial treatment, she developed polymorphic ventricular t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation: Heart Failure
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1941-3289,1941-3297
DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.111.965533