Digital camera revealed infection with Borrelia burgdorferi as a cause of reversible total AV block in a 42 year old man

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 20;177(3):e165-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.139. Epub 2014 Aug 28.

Authors

Fabian J Brunner¹, Stefan Blankenberg¹, Karsten Sydow²

Affiliations

¹ Hamburg University Heart Center, Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
² Hamburg University Heart Center, Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25205488
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.139

No abstract available

Keywords: AV block; Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme carditis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Atrioventricular Block / diagnosis*
Atrioventricular Block / etiology*
Borrelia burgdorferi* / isolation & purification
Humans
Lyme Disease / complications*
Lyme Disease / diagnosis*
Male
Photography*