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Lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker

Timely diagnosis and prompt initiation of treatment is essential in Lyme carditis to achieve favorable prognosis. Externalized permanent pacemaker with an active fixation lead as supportive pacing modality is a feasible option till complete resolution of conduction block with continued antibiotic th...

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Autores principales: Chaudhry, Muhammad Ali, Satti, Srinivasa D., Friedlander, Ira R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28588838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.934
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spelling pubmed-54580152017-06-06 Lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker Chaudhry, Muhammad Ali Satti, Srinivasa D. Friedlander, Ira R. Clin Case Rep Case Reports Timely diagnosis and prompt initiation of treatment is essential in Lyme carditis to achieve favorable prognosis. Externalized permanent pacemaker with an active fixation lead as supportive pacing modality is a feasible option till complete resolution of conduction block with continued antibiotic therapy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5458015/ /pubmed/28588838 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.934 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker
title Lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker
title_full Lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker
title_fullStr Lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker
title_full_unstemmed Lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker
title_short Lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker
title_sort lyme carditis with complete heart block: management with an external pacemaker
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28588838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.934
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