title: [Cardiac arrest due to torsades de pointes ventricular tachycardia in a patient with Lyme carditis].
abstract: A 45-year-old female presented with third degree atrioventricular block and was diagnosed with Lyme carditis. Despite appropriate antibiotic treatment and continuous ventricular pacing, she suffered sudden cardiac arrest due to torsades de pointes ventricular tachycardia. Although rare, severe and potentially fatal ventricular tachyarrhythmias can occur in patients with Lyme borreliosis.
authors.affiliation: Hjertemedicinsk Afdeling, Hospitalsenheden Vest, Gl. Landevej 61, 7400 Herning. E-mail: troelsbekjensen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Troels Bek
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Dorthe
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dalsgaard
authors.forename: Jens Brock
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Johansen
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents