Transesophageal echocardiographic abnormalities in a case of cardiac sarcoidosis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
L A HouriganJ E Donnelly

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease that may involve multiple organ systems, including the heart. Manifestations include atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, conduction abnormalities, congestive cardiac failure, pericarditis, and sudden death. Whereas cardiac involvement is a relatively common finding at autopsy, antemortem diagnosis is often missed because the clinical manifestations are nonspecific, and the sensitivity and specificity of investigations are low. We report a case of a 62-year-old woman who had clinically significant cardiac sarcoidosis associated with echocardiographic abnormalities that had not been reported previously in association with this condition.

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Jul 25, 2013·Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine·Catherine Chapelon-Abric
Jul 2, 2015·Postgraduate Medical Journal·S W DubreyT Mittal
Oct 7, 2017·European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging·UNKNOWN Writing groupUNKNOWN EACVI Reviewers: This document was reviewed by members of the EACVI Scientific Documents Committee for 2
Feb 16, 2016·Internal Medicine·Yusuke TakahashiYoshihisa Nakagawa

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