Cardiac sarcoidosis complicated with atrioventricular block and wall thinning, edema and fibrosis in left ventricle: Confirmed recovery to normal sinus rhythm and visualization of edema improvement by administration of predonisolone

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Miyazaki, Shohko ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Nagai, Toshio ^a   Uehara, Masae ^a   Kataoka, Akihisa ^a   Takaoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Ueda, Marehiko ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Cardiac sarcoidosis; Edema; Fibrosis; Improvement by administration of predonisolone; Wall thinning

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EDEMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SARCOIDOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; EDEMA, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79960032906     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.05.047     Document Type: Article

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