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Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease which affects many organs, including the heart. Cardiac sarcoidosis has a reported incidence of about 25 % and carries a poor prognosis. It can occur in the form of conduction abnormalities, pericardial and valvular heart disease, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
Mitropoulos, F.A. +3 more
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Clinically manifest cardiac involvement occurs in perhaps 5% of patients with sarcoidosis. The 3 principal manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) are conduction abnormalities, ventricular arrhythmias, and heart failure. An estimated 20% to 25% of patients with pulmonary/systemic sarcoidosis have asymptomatic cardiac involvement (clinically silent ...
Lehtonen J. +5 more
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Diagnosis and Therapy of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Clinical Perspective [PDF]
Cardiac sarcoidosis, either as part of a systemic process or in its isolated form, is an important and increasingly recognized disorder. It is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, including sudden cardiac death.
Steven R Sigman
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Infliximab Treatment of Refractory Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis is challenging, as the disease can be refractory to traditional treatment with steroids. Infliximab, a tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor, has been reportedly used in cardiac sarcoidosis, but published evidence is limited.
Majid Asawaeer, MD +6 more
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Cardiac sarcoidosis manifestations
Patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis and signs of cardiac involvement under the lung symptoms improvement: case report. The possible cause of cardiac symptoms (granulomatous inflammatory response, myocardial fibrosis) is discussed.
Olga Yu. Karpova , Leonid I. Dvoretsky
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Cardiac sarcoidosis: Two case reports
The clinical presentation of cardiac sarcoidosis is variable. We report two cases of cardiac sarcoidosis to highlight the varied clinical presentations and diagnostic challenges in our setting, and encourage the consideration of sarcoidosis as a ...
Jane Sandra Afriyie‐Mensah +3 more
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Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: a case report [PDF]
Introduction. Ventricular arrhythmias are a risk factor for sudden cardiac death. Abnormalities of cardiac rhythm and conduction may be the only subjective manifestation of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis, which occurs in 25% of the total number of patients
I. A. Skomkina +7 more
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Cardiac manifestations of sarcoidosis [PDF]
Introduction and purpose: Sarcoidosis is a chronic, multi-system inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. Due to the varied clinical picture of patients, the diagnosis of the disease is complicated, especially when the heart is affected.The aim of this
Anna Gorajek +2 more
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Sarcoidosis with cardiac involvement
Patients with significant cardiac sarcoidosis are at increased risk of sudden death from ventricular dysrhythmias or conduction disturbances. We report a patient in whom there was radiographic and histologic evidence of systemic sarcoidosis; though histologic confirmation of involvement of heart by sarcoidosis is lacking, the clinical manifestations ...
H C, Park +8 more
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Cardiac Sarcoidosis Mimicking Takotsubo Syndrome
An unusual case of cardiac sarcoidosis is described. A woman with biopsy proven lung sarcoidosis was presented on admission in hospital as ventricular tachycardia and non Q myocardial infarction.
Belma Pojskić +2 more
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