Vol 71, No 2 (2013)
Invasive electrophysiology
Published online: 2013-02-19
Complete atrio-ventricular block as a first symptom of borreliosis: antibiotic treatment instead of pacemaker implantation
DOI: 10.5603/KP.2013.0020
Kardiol Pol 2013;71(2):205-207.
Abstract
We present a 46-year-old male patient with complete atrio-ventricular block. A inflammatory etiology was suspected and finally lyme carditis was diagnosed. The conduction abnormalities disappeared with antibiotic treatment and a pacemaker implantation was not needed. Further follow-up of two years was uneventful.
Keywords: complete atrio-ventricular blockborreliosisantibiotic