Cardiac sarcoidosis concealed by arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 231-236

  Greif, Martin ^a   Petrakopoulou, Paraskevi ^b   Weiss, Max ^a   Reithmann, Christopher ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a   Nabauer, Michael ^a   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b St Luke's Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; METOPROLOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; SOTALOL; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GRANULOMA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 41549107215     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1146     Document Type: Article

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