Complete atrio-ventricular block as a first symptom of borreliosis: Antibiotic treatment instead of pacemaker implantation

Abstract

We present a 46 year-old male patient with complete atrio-ventricular block. An inflammatory aetiology was suspected and finally Lyme carditis was diagnosed. The conduction abnormalities disappeared with antibiotic treatment and pacemaker implantation was not needed. Further follow-up of 2 years was uneventful. Copyright © Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne.