Incidence of carditis and predictors of pacemaker implantation in patients hospitalized with Lyme disease.
Uwajachukwumma A UzomahGuy RozenSeyed Mohammadreza HosseiniAyman ShaqdanPablo A LedesmaXuejing YuPegah KhalooJennifer GalvinLeon M PtaszekJeremy N RuskinPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Approximately 11% of patients hospitalized with Lyme disease present with carditis, primarily in the form of cardiac conduction system disease. In this 12-year study, 1% of all hospitalized patients and 11% of those with Lyme-associated cardiac conduction system disease underwent permanent pacemaker implantation.