A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report a case of a 20-year-old man who presented to our institution with a new arrhythmia on a routine EKG. Serial EKG tracings revealed various abnormal rhythms such as episodes of atrial fibrillation, profound first degree AV block, and type I second degree AV block. He was found to have positive serologies for Borrelia burgdorferi. After initiation of antibiotic therapy, the atrial arrhythmias and AV block resolved. Here, we present a case of Lyme carditis presenting with atrial fibrillation, a highly unusual presentation of Lyme carditis.

publication date

  • September 2, 2018

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6139209

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1155/2018/5265298

PubMed ID

  • 30245891

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 2018