A failed case to diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis presenting advanced atrioventricular block

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Morikawa, Mako ^a   Kato, Kimihiko ^a   Kako, Nobuo ^b   Hiramitsu, Shinya ^c   Oguri, Mitsutoshi ^a   Yajima, Kazuhiro ^a   Hibino, Takeshi ^a   Kato, Yasuchika ^c   Mizoguchi, Yoshikazu ^c   Kuroda, Makoto ^c   Yokoi, Kiyoshi ^a   Ichiro Morimoto, Shin ^c  

^a GIFU PREFECTURAL TAJIMI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kizawa Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

18 Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Advanced atrioventricular block; Autopsy; Congestive heart failure

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HEART DISEASE; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKINESIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; UVEITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS; UVEITIS;

EID: 50349099374     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.115     Document Type: Article

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