January 9, 2020

Lyme Carditis: Symptoms and EKG Findings A key pattern is conduction disturbance. Lyme carditis can disrupt the heart’s electrical system, leading to a wide range of abnormalities. “[Lyme carditis] is caused by direct invasion of myocardial tissue by spirochetes and an immunological host response causing lymphocyte inflammation,” writes Marcos in a discussion of Lyme carditis […]