[Lyme carditis]

Rev Med Suisse. 2015 Mar 4;11(464):563-6, 568.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Untreated Lyme disease can affect the heart in up to 10% of patients. Its clinical outcome and severity vary, ranging from asymptomatic minor conduction disturbances to potentially fatal arrhythmias and severe heart failure. A history of a tick bite or a typical previous skin lesion (Erythema migrans) may be absent; clinicians should therefore keep a low threshold of suspicion when facing cardiac manifestations in a patient potentially exposed to the disease in endemic areas. We report the case of a patient with Lyme carditis expressed by variable degrees of atrio-ventricular block and review the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Borrelia burgdorferi*
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease* / diagnosis
  • Lyme Disease* / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / drug therapy
  • Myocarditis / microbiology*