Successfully treated complete atrioventricular block with corticosteroid in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis: Usefulness of Gallium-67 and Thallium-201 scintigraphy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-248

  Umetani, Ken ^a   Ishihara, Tsukasa ^a   Yamamoto, Kimio ^a   Sawanobori, Takao ^a   Kohno, Isao ^a   Ijiri, Hiroshi ^a   Komori, Sadayoshi ^a   Tamura, Kohji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac scintigraphy; Conduction block; Systemic sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GALLIUM 67; PREDNISOLONE; THALLIUM 201;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034128073     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.245     Document Type: Article

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