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Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis with High-Grade Heart Block: Utilization of New Diagnostic Guidelines
Cardiac sarcoidosis can present with heart failure and conduction disease. This is a case of a 58-year-old male who presented for dyspnea, edema, and varying degrees of heart block.
Matthew R. Petersen +2 more
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Atrial Arrhythmias in Cardiac Sarcoidosis—Case Presentation and Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Sarcoidosis is a rare idiopathic, multiorgan disease with clinical cardiac involvement in approximately 5% of cases. Diagnosis and management of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) have mainly focused on impaired LV function, ventricular arrhythmias, and atrio‐ventricular conduction disease.
Emily C. Hodkinson +4 more
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Objective Digital gangrene is a severe complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc). This study aimed to examine the incidence and clinical associations of digital gangrene in patients with SSc after lung or heart–lung transplantation. Methods We performed a retrospective study of patients with SSc (SSc group) who underwent lung or heart–lung transplant ...
Brian S. Lee +4 more
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Sarcoidosis with heart involvement: a rare association of terrible prognosis, a report of two cases
Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disorder of unknown etiology which is characterized by the formation of noncaseatinggranulomas in involved tissues. Cardiac involvement is one of the least common manifestations and it can occur at any point of time during ...
Asma Kefi +6 more
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Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Sorting Fact from Fiction in This Rare Cardiomyopathy
Sarcoidosis is a rare condition of granulomatous infiltration of many tissues of the body, including the heart. Cardiac sarcoidosis has been challenging to study, as it is often asymptomatic, although the initial presentation can be sudden cardiac death.
Indranee Rajapreyar, Elizabeth Langlois
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Granulomatous inflammation in tuberculosis and sarcoidosis: does the lymphatic system contribute to disease? [PDF]
A striking and unexplained feature of granulomatous inflammation is its anatomical association with the lymphatic system. Accumulating evidence suggests that lymphatic tracks and granulomas may alter the function of each other.
Gutierrez, Maximiliano G +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is a potentially life‐saving intervention in refractory out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). ECPR enables, in most of the treated cases, ICU admission to patients who otherwise would have died at the emergency department (ED).
Hanne C. R. Verberght +30 more
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Sarcoidosis Diagnosed by Myocardial Perfusion
A 38-year-old woman presented with syncope and palpitations. A myocardial perfusion study demonstrated multifocal, distinct defects not correlating with any specific coronary distribution, which is characteristic of cardiac sarcoidosis.
Yan Liu, MD, PhD, James Kazakis, MD
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Analysis of transplant urgency and benefit via multiple imputation [PDF]
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109279/1/sim6250 ...
Andersen +22 more
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The novel EPI‐VT‐Score accurately predicts the need for epicardial VT ablation using simple clinical, echocardiographic and ECG variables, optimizing patient selection and procedural outcomes. ABSTRACT Background Epicardial ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation is a therapeutic option for drug‐refractory VT, particularly when endocardial ablation fails
Moneeb Khalaph +17 more
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