Acute Decompensation Requiring Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a 15-Year-Old With Undiagnosed Lyme Carditis.

Anne-Sophie Gervais, Joshua Feder, Earl Rubin, Virginie Beauséjour-Ladouceur, Marina Salvadori

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Anne-Sophie GervaisPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, CAN.

Joshua FederPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, CAN.

Earl RubinInfectious Diseases, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, CAN.

Virginie Beauséjour-LadouceurCardiology, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, CAN.

Marina SalvadoriInfectious Diseases, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, CAN.

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Abstract

We describe the case of a previously healthy teenager who developed third-degree atrioventricular block due to Lyme disease. While Lyme carditis is common in children, severe conduction anomalies remain rare but can be life-threatening. This case highlights the importance of early recognition, prompt testing, and timely intervention to prevent unnecessary procedures, such as permanent pacemaker implantation, and to ensure favorable outcomes. This case also supports Lyme disease testing in pediatric sudden cardiac death in cases with autopsy findings suggestive of myocarditis or pericarditis.

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complete atrioventricular blocklyme's diseasepermanent pacemaker avoidancesubclinical carditissudden cardiac death (scd)

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PMID42428184

DOI10.7759/cureus.110480

PMCPMC13348996

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