[May Lyme borreliosis lead to heart transplantation? - a case report].
A case of a 65-year-old man, who used to work as a forester for many years, with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy and subsequent heart transplantation is described. Eight years later the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis was established, which was the likely cause of cardiac disease in this patient.
Maroszyńska-Dmoch
Ewa
E
I Oddział Kardiologii, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, 25-736 Kielce.
Wozakowska-Kapłon
Beata
B
D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016468:Forestry; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*