Cardiac sarcoidosis: The Christchurch experience

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-76

  Adamson, P ^a   Melton, I ^a   O'Donnell, J ^a   Macdonald, S ^a   Crozier, I ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemaker; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEFIBRILLATOR PACEMAKER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPSY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NEW ZEALAND; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84892846555     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12314     Document Type: Article

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