Lyme carditis: complete atrioventricular dissociation with need for temporary pacing

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2006 Sep-Oct;47(5):313-6.

Abstract

Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne disease. Cardiac manifestations of the disease are extremely rare. We report a case of Lyme carditis in an otherwise healthy male, who presented to the Accident & Emergency Department with chest pain, dizziness and generally symptoms indicating ischaemic heart disease. This patient, without documented history of Lyme disease, acutely developed third-degree atrioventricular block, which required placement of a transvenous pacemaker and resolved when the patient was administered doxycycline.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / immunology*
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Block / etiology*
  • Heart Block / physiopathology
  • Heart Block / therapy
  • Heart Rate
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / complications*
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis
  • Lyme Disease / microbiology
  • Male
  • Myocarditis / complications*
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / microbiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial