Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: Establishing the diagnosis with electroanatomic mapping-guided endomyocardial biopsy

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1015.e1-1015.e3

  Nery, Pablo B ^a   Keren, Arieh ^a   Healey, Jeff ^b   Leug, Eugene ^c   Beanlands, Rob S ^a   Birnie, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISOLATED CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE INVERSION;

EID: 84881030235     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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