Sarcoidosis masquerading as an acute coronary syndrome

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 256-259

  Dorfman, Todd ^a   Canales, John ^a   Farukhi, Irfan ^a   McGuire, Darren K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GADOLINIUM; MORPHINE; PENTETREOTIDE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23944465390     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000153246.79653.4b     Document Type: Article

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