Another one bites the heart ! Report of a series of Lyme carditis
(2019) Annual Congress of the Belgian Society of Internal Medicine — Location: La Hulpe (13.December.2019)
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- Abstract
- We report the observation of 4 cases of Lyme carditis, a rare expression of borreliosis, with various expression and severity that presented consecutively in a medium-sized hospital in Belgium. This series reminds us that Borrelia-linked damage to the myocardium and the conductive tissue represents two separate entities independent in terms of intensity and evolution. It also highlights the importance of a careful exclusion of potentially reversible causes for conduction disorders, especially in young subjects. Finally, the occurrence of four cases in a short chronological interval and a restricted geographical area raises the question of borreliosis “hot spots” that show cardiac tropism.
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Cliniques Saint-Pierre Ottignies
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Boute, M., Marot, J.-C., Wauters, A., & Wieers, G. (2019). Another one bites the heart ! Report of a series of Lyme carditis. Annual Congress of the Belgian Society of Internal Medicine, La Hulpe. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232808