Case report: Cardiac sarcoidosis presenting with ventricular arrhythmias: Case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mori, Masanori ^a   Hanon, Sam ^a   Rachko, Maurice ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoidosis; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34447271942     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.036     Document Type: Article

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