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Table 1 ECG changes reported in Lyme carditis

From: First case report of inducible heart block in Lyme disease and an update of Lyme carditis

First degree heart block [16, 17, 30,31,32,33]

Steere et al. (1980,1984), Naik et al. 2008, van der Linde (1991), Afari (2016), Tumminello (2017)

Wenckebach phenomenon [17, 34,35,36,37,38] (Mobitz type I)

Steere et al. (1984), Shah and Kanzaria (2012), Dobbs and Mugmon (2013), Lee and Sigla (2016), Bennett et al. (2016), Muhammad and Simmonelli (2018)

Mobitz type II [34, 38, 39]

Shah and Kanzaria (2012), Muhammad and Simonelli (2018), Kashou et al. (2018)

Complete Heart block / High degree AV block [17, 25, 30, 32, 34, 40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48]

Steere et al. (1980,1984), van der Linde (1990), Greenberg et al. (1997), Kline (2007) Bacino et al. (2011), Shah and Kanzaria 2012, Wenger et al. (2012), Dobbs and Mugman (2013), Jensen et al. (2014), Shah et al. (2015), Afari (2016), Timmer (2016), Afari (2016), Lee and Singla (2016), Chaudhry et al. (2017), Patel (2017)

Bundle branch block [26, 44, 49]

Khalil et al. (2015), Wenger et al. (2012), Cunha et al. (2017)

Sinus arrest / Sinus pauses [22, 50, 51]

Franck and Wollschläger (2003), Koene et al. (2012), Oktay et al. (2015)

Supraventricular tachycardia [6]

Konopka et al. (2013)

Atrial fibrillation [16, 44]

Naik et al. 2008, Wenger et al. (2012)

Junctional tachycardia [27, 52, 53]

Tanksley and Playe (2005), Frank et al. (2011), Cunningham et al. (2016)

Fascicular tachycardia [26, 41]

Greenberg et al. (1997), Khalil et al. (2015)

Ventricular tachycardia [22, 25, 54]

Vlay et al. (1991), Koene et al. (2012), Jensen et al. (2014)

Ventricular flutter [22]

Koene et al. (2012)

Bradycardia [16, 30, 37, 38, 42, 55]

Steere et al. 1980, Kline (2007), Naik et al. 2008, Abraham et al. (2010), Bennett et al. (2016) Muhammad and Simonelli (2018)

Narrow QRS escape rhythm [34]

Shah and Kanzaria (2012)

Prolonged QT [56, 57]

Seslar et al., (2006), Welsh et al. (2012)

ST depression / T inversion [30, 57]

Steere et al. (1980), Welsh et al. (2012)

ST elevation [58]

Michalski et al. (2017)

Asystole [26]

Khalil et al. (2015)

History of Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome

In a case of sudden death due to LC [14]

CDC (2013)