Sarcoidosis presenting with tachy- and brady-arrhythmias

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-136

  Swanson, Neil ^a   Goddard, Martin ^b   McCann, Gerry ^a   Ng, G André ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SARCOIDOSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33846923879     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul173     Document Type: Article

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