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To the Editor: The differential diagnosis of bradycardia reviewed recently by Mangrum and DiMarco (March 9 issue)¹ should include Lyme carditis.^2,3,4 Here, we describe a patient with Lyme carditis.

A 42-year-old patient presented with acute first-to-third-degree atrioventricular block. He reported having been bitten by a tick (Ixodes ricinus) six weeks before admission to the hospital. He had not had fever but had had unspecific discomfort of the knee and elbow joints and a sudden decrease in physical energy during the four weeks before admission. He had not had a syncopal event but had had attacks of dizziness. At . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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