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Lyme Disease Can Tick Off Your Heart.

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| July 22, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2009 PR Newswire Association LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BOSTON, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- When the weather is warm, working outdoors or walking in the woods may net you a tiny, blood-sucking hitchhiker - a tick that could carry Lyme disease. And the spiral-shaped bacteria that cause Lyme disease sometimes head for the heart, where they trigger problems that often masquerade as new or worsening heart disease. The August issue of the Harvard Heart Letter tells you how to spot trouble and prevent contact with ticks.

Lyme carditis is the heart infection caused by Lyme disease. The bacteria that cause Lyme carditis disrupt the heart's pattern of electrical activity, delaying or blocking electrical signals that travel between…

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