Isolated primary cardiac sarcoidosis MRI diagnosis and monitoring of treatment response with cardiac enzymes

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  White, Jonathon ^a   Sutton, Tim ^a   Kerr, Andrew ^a,b  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Imaging; Sarcoidosis; Troponin

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DEFIBRILLATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY HEART SARCOIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650092823     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.939686     Document Type: Note

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