title: Complete heart block in an adolescent caused by Lyme disease. A common--and reversible--disorder.
abstract: A 20-year-old University of Delaware student developed a vague systemic disorder one week after camping in a Maryland state park known to be endemic with the tick Ixodes dammini, the vector for Lyme Disease. Light-headedness developed and an electrocardiogram revealed complete heart block. Lyme Disease was confirmed by the characteristic erythema migrans rash and Lyme serologies.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Medical Center of Delaware.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Doorey
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Bacon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male