Syncope in a Pregnant Woman: Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy and Presumed Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis is an uncommon manifestation of the disease process. Diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy can be challenging due to life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. We describe a case of a 43-year-old, 21-week pregnant woman who presented after 2 episodes of syncope a...

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Autores principales: Agrawal, Akanksha, Works-Fleming, Faith, Isiadinso, Ijeoma, Ogunniyi, Modele O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Peripartum Cardiovascular Disease Mini-Focus Issue
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8301714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.005
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Sumario:Cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis is an uncommon manifestation of the disease process. Diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy can be challenging due to life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. We describe a case of a 43-year-old, 21-week pregnant woman who presented after 2 episodes of syncope and was diagnosed with presumed cardiac sarcoidosis. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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