Early Onset Lyme Myopericarditis With Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Mitral Regurgitation

• Main Authors: Muhammad B. Malik MD (Author), Amarah Baluch MD (Author), Soumya Adhikari MBBS (Author), Sahir Quraeshi MD (Author), Suman Rao MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lyme carditis is a rare manifestation of early disseminated Lyme disease with an incidence of 0.5% with left ventricular dysfunction and valvular involvement being exceedingly rare. Clinical manifestations typically occur 1 to 2 months after infection and include arrhythmias, conduction abnormalitie...