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Lyme Disease—An Unusual Cause of a Mitral Valve Endocarditis

Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. Cardiac manifestations are rare, occurring in 0.5% to 10% of patients. Lyme carditis and atrioventricular block are established manifestations of Lyme disease. Endocarditis caused by Borrelia has been reported only twice previous...

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Autores principales: Fatima, Benish, Sohail, M. Rizwan, Schaff, Hartzell V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6260468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30560244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2018.09.003