Sarcoidosis with cardiac involvement.
10.3349/ymj.1995.36.6.538
- Author:
Hyeong Cheon PARK
1
;
Se Kyu KIM
;
Yong Sam KIM
;
Joon CHANG
;
Kyung Young CHUNG
;
Dong Hwan SHIN
;
Sung Kyu KIM
;
Won Young LEE
;
Sung Soon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cardiac sarcoidosis;
ventricular dysrhythmias;
steroid therapy
- MeSH:
Case Report;
Female;
Human;
Middle Age;
Myocardial Diseases/*drug therapy;
Prednisolone/therapeutic use;
Sarcoidosis/*drug therapy
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1995;36(6):538-545
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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, radionuclide image findings, rhythm disturbances, and the response to steroid therapy are strong evidence in favor of myocardial involvement by the granulomatous process.
