General practitioner reported incidence of Lyme carditis in the Netherlands.

CONCLUSIONS: We report the first incidence estimate for Lyme carditis in the Netherlands, validated by a systematic review of the medical records. Although Lyme carditis is an uncommon manifestation of Lyme borreliosis, physicians need to be aware of this diagnosis, in particular in countries where the incidence of Lyme borreliosis has increased during the past decades.
PMID: 26353767 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Netherlands Heart Journal - September 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hofhuis A, Arend SM, Davids CJ, Tukkie R, van Pelt W Tags: Neth Heart J Source Type: research