title: [Lyme borreliosis--a possible cause of atrioventricular block].
abstract: Eight cases of Lyme borreliosis of clinical certainty with carditis are reported. In six patients, AV-blocks were predominant, two patients had a myopericarditis. Six acute cases were seropositive, but one case remained seronegative. The titer was border-line in that patient, who was studied 4 years after the acute disease. A Lyme carditis should be considered in each case, in which AV-blocks appear acutely.
authors.affiliation: Leitklinik für Herz-Kreislauf-Krankheiten des Bezirkes, Dresden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wunderlich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thess
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hetze
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Witzleb
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000503:physiopathology; D001898:Borrelia / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Lyme-Borreliose--eine mögliche Ursache von atrioventrikulären (AV-)Blockierungen.