A 19-year-old woman with newly diagnosed Lyme disease presented with complete heart block and an accompanying escape rhythm with a right bundle branch block morphology. With antibiotics, her dysrhythmia resolved completely within 24 hours of presentation. This case highlights an unusual electrocardiographic manifestation of Lyme carditis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoronary Artery Disease (CAD) is a large contributor to morbidity and mortality in the chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) population. Due to the fact that many large-scale trials evaluating management for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and CAD have excluded patients with CKD, there is a paucity of data investigating medical management of CAD and revascularization strategies of these patients. Further, while there have been many advances in the treatment for ACS and CAD, both medically and technologically, few studies have focused on the CKD population and many predate these advancements in management.
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