Sarcoidosis Of the Heart a Study of Five Patients
Year: 1983
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: SummaryWe present five patients (mean age ± 1 SD: 48 ± 19 yrs) with cardiac sarcoidosis.Four patients had conduction disturbances, three showed important arrhytmias on electrocardiogram and one presented heart failure. Holter monitoring and/or stress testing was abnormal in all subjects studied. The 201thalliumscintigraphy performed in three patients demonstrated perfusion defects compatible with myocardial sarcoidosis.Before the institution of corticosteroid therapy, several patients received anti-arrhythmic agents, which, however, were not effective. In two patients a pacemaker was implanted. One patient, who refused a pacemaker, recently died.
Source: Acta Clinica Belgica
Authors: J. Auwerx, H. Ector, M. Demedts
Institution: KU Leuven
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1607662403