Unusual cardiovascular manifestations of sarcoidosis, a report of three cases: Coronary artery aneurysm with myocardial infarction, symptomatic mitral valvular disease, and sudden death from ruptured splenic artery

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Barton, Joel H ^a   Tavora, Fabio ^a   Farb, Andrew ^b   Li, Ling ^c   Burke, Allen P ^a,c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Coronary artery; Mitral valve; Regurgitation; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLEEN ARTERY; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COMPLICATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FATALITY; HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 77956915603     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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