Sarcoidosis presenting as heart disease

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 178-182

  Nelson, Judith E ^a,b   Kirschner, Paul A ^b   Teirstein, Alvin S ^a  

^a Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029744591     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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