Sarcoid myocarditis with ventricular tachycardia mimicking ARVD/C

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-98

  Ladyjanskaia, Galina A ^a   Basso, Cristina ^b   Hobbelink, Monique G G ^a   Kirkels, J Hans ^a   Lahpor, Jaap R ^a   Cramer, Maarten J ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^b   Hauer, Richard N W ^a   V Oosterhout, Matthijs F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia cardiomyopathy; Cardiac sarcoidosis; Heart failure; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SARCOID MYOCARDITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 72949104689     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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