Cardiac sarcoidosis imitating arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Yared, Kibar ^a   Johri, Amer M ^a   Soni, Anand V ^a   Johnson, Matthew ^a   Alkasab, Tarik ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Hung, Judy ^a   Mamuya, Wilfred ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; STEROID; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 50349097945     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.755215     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Yoerger DM, Marcus F, Sherril D, Calkins H, Towbin JA, Zareba W, Picard MH; Multidisciplinary Study of Right Ventricular Dysplasia Investigators. Echocardiographic findings in patients meeting task force criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: new insights from the multidisciplinary study of right ventricular dysplasia. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;45:860-865.
2. Marcus FI, Fontaine GH, Guiraudon G, Frank R, Laurenceau JL, Malergue C, Grosgogeat Y. Right ventricular dysplasia: a report of 24 adult cases. Circulation. 1982;65:384-398.
3. Sen-Chowdhry S, Syrris P, McKenna WJ. Genetics of right ventricular cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2005;16:927-935.
4. Ott P, Marcus FI, Sobonya RE, Morady F, Knight BP, Fuenzalida CE. Cardiac sarcoidosis masquerading as right ventricular dysplasia. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2003;26:1498-1503.