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Case Reports
. 2020 May 25;192(21):E574-E577.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.191194. Epub 2020 May 24.

Fatal Lyme carditis presenting as fluctuating high-grade atrioventricular block

Milena Semproni  1 , Richard Rusk  2 , Terence Wuerz  2
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Case Reports

Fatal Lyme carditis presenting as fluctuating high-grade atrioventricular block

Milena Semproni et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
(A) Risk areas for Lyme disease as determined by the presence of ticks capable of Borrelia burgdorferi transmission (cross-hatched areas). Based on surveillance data collected by the Public Health Agency of Canada (2009–2016). © All rights reserved. Risk of Lyme disease to Canadians. Public Health Agency of Canada, 2018. Adapted and reproduced with permission from the Minister of Health, 2019. “Lyme disease risk areas map” is available at www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map. (B) Reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States, 2018. Map from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Each dot represents 1 case of Lyme disease and is placed randomly in the patient’s county of residence. The presence of a dot in a state does not necessarily mean that Lyme disease was acquired in that state. Grey shading indicates states with high incidence. CDC materials used are in the public domain. “Reported cases of Lyme disease — United States, 2018” is available at www.cdc.gov/lyme/datasurveillance/maps-recent.html.
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Comment in

  • Lyme carditis and neuroborreliosis.
    Cormode EJ. Cormode EJ. CMAJ. 2020 Sep 14;192(37):E1076. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.76511. CMAJ. 2020. PMID: 32928805 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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