Authors: Koiwa H, Tsujino I, Ohira H, Yoshinaga K, Otsuka N, Nishimura M
PMID: 20679583 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Circulation) Source: MedWorm: Sarcoidosis

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Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2010; 31: 428-441DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1262211ABSTRACTCardiac involvement is undeniably one of the most challenging issues in sarcoidosis. Although autopsy studies reveal heart lesions in 20 to 30% of sarcoid patients, fewer than 5% suffer from clinical disease. Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) has a predilection for the myocardium, but the pericardium and endocardium may [...]

CONCLUSIONS: Sarcoidosis is a focal or disseminated granulomatous disease that likely represents the final common pathway of various pathogenic insults in a genetically susceptible host. The type of insult may influence the specific sarcoid phenotype. Controversy still abounds, but many areas of investigation around sarcoidosis are yielding exciting discoveries and bringing us closer to a [...]

This report suggests that MRI may be an effective noninvasive modality to identify sarcoid in cardiac allografts. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)

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We describe the case of a 43-year-old male with cardiac sarcoidosis and ventricular tachycardia storm successfully treated with catheter ablation and immunosuppression. Antiarrhythmics alone, and in combination with immusuppressive agents, failed to successfully manage the ventricular tachycardia episodes. Catheter ablation in conjunction with immunosuppression proved to be the most successful treatment strategy. The reported efficacy [...]

Authors: Morrissey RP, Philip KJ, Schwarz ER
Cardiac sarcoidosis is rare and subclinical involvement is four to five times more common than clinical involvement. Cardiac sarcoidosis is associated with a poor prognosis. ECG abnormalities are the most common presentation. However, as this case illustrates, it can also present as acute decompensated heart [...]

Conclusion  Our preliminary study shows that there is a relationship between washout of 99mTc-tetrofosmin and the LV functional recovery after steroid therapy in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ArticleDOI 10.1007/s12149-010-0376-8Authors
Hirokazu Kudoh, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku Kobe Hyogo 650-0017 JapanSei Fujiwara, [...]

We report the gross and microscopic pathologic examination of a patient who underwent epicardial ablation for recurrent VT in the setting of cardiac sarcoidosis, aided by electrocardiographic (ECG) imaging. (Source: Heart Rhythm) Source: MedWorm: Sarcoidosis

Definition
Sudden death in sport (SD) is defined as natural death that occurs within one hour of onset of symptoms in a fit individual participating in, usually, an elite level sport. Sudden cardiac death contributes to 93% of all sudden deaths in sport. This apparently occurs in a person without previously recognized predisposing cardiovascular conditions. In [...]

Don’t want a lung specialist, or a cardiologist. Just someone who really specialises in cardiac sarcoidosis.