Cardiac sarcoidosis: A potentially fatal but treatable form of infiltrative heart disease

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-67

  Chau, E M C ^a   Fan, K Y Y ^a   Chow, W H ^a  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathies; Heart transplantation; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; SARCOIDOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33344477307     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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