RT Journal
A1 Kimball SA, Janson PA, LaRaia PJ
T1 COmplete heart block as the sole presentation of lyme disease
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1989
FD August 1
VO 149
IS 8
SP 1897
OP 1898
DO 10.1001/archinte.1989.00390080141032
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1989.00390080141032
AB • We report a case of Lyme myocarditis presenting solely as complete heart block in a previously healthy 32-year-old white man. Indium cardiac antimyosin scan showed diffuse uptake (2 +, on a scale of 0 to 4+) during the acute phase of the illness. The electrocardiogram and the indium cardiac antimyosin scan were normal 6 weeks after completion of tetracycline and prednisone treatment. Lyme carditis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of complete heart block of unclear origins, even in patients presenting without other signs or symptoms suggestive of Lyme disease.(Arch Intern Med. 1989:149:1897-1898)