WHAT MIGHT SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH DUE TO LYME DISEASE LOOK LIKE?
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD MPH
“Although rare, sudden cardiac death caused by Lyme disease might be an under-recognized entity,” according to researchers who describe their findings from an autopsy study on 5 case patients who died from sudden cardiac death and were found post mortem to have Lyme carditis. The cases are discussed in an article entitled Cardiac Tropism of Borrelia burgdorferi: An Autopsy Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Lyme Carditis, published in The American Journal of Pathology.
I am a Lyme Disease patient looking for info on cardiac issues.
A good resource for research is http://www.pubmed.com – simply type in cardiac Lyme in their search string and it should bring up a number of papers on the issue. And you can call CanLyme at 250-768-0978