Spontaneous development of left ventricular aneurysm in a patient with untreated cardiac sarcoidosis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 519-521

  Tatsuo, Haraki ^a   Kousei, Ueda ^a   Hiromoto, Shintani ^b   Tatsumi, Hayashi ^b   Junichi, Taki ^b   Hiroshi, Mabuchi ^b  

^a Komatsu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoidosis; Gallium 67 single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Left ventricular aneurysm

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM 67; LYSOZYME; PREDNISOLONE; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036264222     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.66.519     Document Type: Article

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