The work-up and management of patients with apparent or subclinical cardiac sarcoidosis: With emphasis on the associated heart rhythm abnormalities

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-583

  Soejima, Kyoko ^a,c   Yada, Hirotaka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Heart failure; Implantable defibrillator; Sarcoidosis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 65349171518     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01417.x     Document Type: Review

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