How does Lyme Disease Affect the Heart
Here is a compilation of articles to answer that question. Many Lyme patients complain of pain or strange feelings in their heart or chest area, and there are reasons why. The Lyme bacteria, or Borrelia can infect the heart tissues, muscle and valves leading to inflammation and damage. If you are experiencing heart issues, please contact your doctor for further testing.
Articles
- Increasing Burden of Lyme Carditis in United States Children’s Hospitals. (2019)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31728570?fbclid=IwAR3s-FoWHS2p9FBUHLuXtIhVjyTHOj_ykPFWsvM3Zuom9aY18p1d-f1zKVU - Research team pioneers simple diagnostic tool for Lyme-related heart condition (2019)
https://hospitalnews.com/research-team-pioneers-simple-diagnostic-tool-lyme-related-heart-condition - Lyme Carditis: Heart Block and Other Complications of Lyme Disease (2018)
https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-carditis-heart-block/?fbclid=IwAR3nwakqKQdyCYPimR8MGydyb_G6lu_ac3m63Kxld5S-rpDowRge7ailtiY - Complication of Lyme Disease: Lyme Carditis
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 by Shivam Patel, Pharm.D.
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/contributor/shivam-patel-pharmd-candidate/2017/11/complication-of-lyme-disease-lyme-carditis - TOUCHED BY LYME: When Lyme disease affects the heart by LymeDisease.org 2015
https://www.lymedisease.org/when-lyme-disease-affects-the-heart/ - Putting Heart Block Back in the “Lyme Light”
Author links open overlay panelKavithaMannavaBAZoeG GrabinskiBAOmarMousaMD
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878540914001327 - Heart-Related Lyme Disease Complications
by Holtorf Medical Group
https://www.holtorfmed.com/heart-related-lyme-disease-complications/ - What you need to know about Lyme Carditis
from the CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/signs_symptoms/lymecarditis.html - Lyme Carditis: When Lyme Disease Involves Your Heart
author-avatar By Dr T. Jared Bunch, MD 2013
https://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/jared-bunch-rhythm-of-life/summer-is-here-how-to-recognize-and-treat-lyme-disease/ - Is It Your Heart, Or Is It Lyme Disease? Is It Your Heart, Or Is It Lyme Disease?
Dr. Stephen Sinatra
https://www.drsinatra.com/is-it-your-heart-or-is-it-lyme-disease - Lyme Disease and the Heart
by Peter J. Krause, Linda K. Bockenstedt
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/127/7/e451
Research
- Emergent pacemaker placement in a patient with Lyme carditis-induced complete heart block and ventricular asystole. Pub Med 2016
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27207985 - Third-Degree Heart Block Associated With Lyme Carditis: Review of Published Cases
Joseph D. Forrester Paul Mead 2014
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/59/7/996/2895341 - Lyme Carditis—Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis NIH 2015
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395762/ - Sudden Death Caused by Lyme Carditis
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Weekly / Vol. 62 / No. 49 December 13, 2013
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm6249.pdf - Cardiac manifestations of Lyme disease 2002
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11982302 - Persistent atrioventricular block in Lyme borreliosis
1990 W. MayerF. X. KleberB. WilskeV. Preac-MursicW. MaciejewskiH. SiglE. HolzerW. Doering
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01648587
Patient Experience
- Lyme Disease causes Pericarditis (Lyme carditis)
on MDJunction patient forum - Lyme patients asked how Lyme has affected there hearts.
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