Kardiol Pol. 2009 May;67(5):516-20. Links
May Lyme borreliosis lead to heart transplantation? – a case report.
[Article in Polish]
Maroszyńska-Dmoch E, Wozakowska- Kapłon B.
I Oddzial Kardiologii, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, ul. Grunwaldzka 45, 25-736
Kielce, tel.: +48 41 367 13 01, e-mail: bw.kaplon@poczta.onet.pl.
A case of a 65-year-old man, who used to work as a forester for many years,
with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy and subsequent heart transplantation is described.
Eight years later the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis was established,
which was the likely cause of cardiac disease in this patient.
PMID: 19521937
