A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation

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 positi...

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Main Authors:	Peter J. Kennel, Melvin Parasram, Daniel Lu, Diane Zisa, Samuel Chung, Samuel Freedman, Katherine Knorr, Timothy Donahoe, Steven M. Markowitz, Hadi Halazun
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5265298

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spelling	doaj-d2b0708860e04acc8c5bc94e251f47302020-11-25T02:27:33ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122018-01-01201810.1155/2018/52652985265298A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial FibrillationPeter J. Kennel0Melvin Parasram1Daniel Lu2Diane Zisa3Samuel Chung4Samuel Freedman5Katherine Knorr6Timothy Donahoe7Steven M. Markowitz8Hadi Halazun9Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USADepartment of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USAWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5265298
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author	Peter J. Kennel Melvin Parasram Daniel Lu Diane Zisa Samuel Chung Samuel Freedman Katherine Knorr Timothy Donahoe Steven M. Markowitz Hadi Halazun
spellingShingle	Peter J. Kennel Melvin Parasram Daniel Lu Diane Zisa Samuel Chung Samuel Freedman Katherine Knorr Timothy Donahoe Steven M. Markowitz Hadi Halazun A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation Case Reports in Cardiology
author_facet	Peter J. Kennel Melvin Parasram Daniel Lu Diane Zisa Samuel Chung Samuel Freedman Katherine Knorr Timothy Donahoe Steven M. Markowitz Hadi Halazun
author_sort	Peter J. Kennel
title	A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation
title_short	A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation
title_full	A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation
title_fullStr	A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation
title_full_unstemmed	A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation
title_sort	case of lyme carditis presenting with atrial fibrillation
publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Cardiology
issn	2090-6404 2090-6412
publishDate	2018-01-01
description	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.
url	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5265298
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A Case of Lyme Carditis Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation

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