Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2964182 | Journal of Cardiology Cases | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryThe clinical diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis can be elusive, because the clinical manifestations are non-specific, and the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic modalities are limited. A 60-year-old woman suffered atrial flutter and diffuse thickening of the left atrial wall accompanied with gallium-67 uptake, both of which were successfully treated with corticosteroid therapy. The diagnosis of cutaneous sarcoidosis had been made two years previously; therefore, we diagnosed the patient as having atrial involvement of cardiac sarcoidosis, and discuss here the importance of noninvasive evaluation of cardiac sarcoidosis using echocardiography.
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Authors
Shin-ichi Aso, Atsushi Izawa, Naoyuki Abe, Hirohiko Motoki, Hiroki Kasai, Takeshi Tomita, Setsuo Kumazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshikazu Yazaki, Uichi Ikeda,