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Case Report

Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis

Khalil I. BourjiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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T. NewsomeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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John MeyerhoffDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5923-2303
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Pages 241-243 | Received 21 May 2018, Accepted 13 Jul 2018, Published online: 23 Aug 2018

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