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Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Unique Presentation

Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis is a rare subset of sarcoidosis, a systemic autoimmune condition primarily found in African American females. The manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis include atrioventricular and bundle branch blocks, arrhythmias, heart failure, and pericardial effusions, although thes...

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Autores principales: Odak, Mihir, Tavakolian, Kameron, Douedi, Steven, Udongwo, Ndausung, Elkherpitawy, Islam, Douedi, Hani, Campbell, Natasha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9407679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36043011
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27295
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author Odak, Mihir
Tavakolian, Kameron
Douedi, Steven
Udongwo, Ndausung
Elkherpitawy, Islam
Douedi, Hani
Campbell, Natasha
author_facet Odak, Mihir
Tavakolian, Kameron
Douedi, Steven
Udongwo, Ndausung
Elkherpitawy, Islam
Douedi, Hani
Campbell, Natasha
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description Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis is a rare subset of sarcoidosis, a systemic autoimmune condition primarily found in African American females. The manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis include atrioventricular and bundle branch blocks, arrhythmias, heart failure, and pericardial effusions, although these complications occur at varying prevalence. The diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis requires several different criteria; however, recent literature has focused heavily on imaging modalities such as cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. We present a case of a 42-year-old Caucasian male who was found to have unexplained cardiac arrhythmias and ultimately diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis by imaging modalities.
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spelling pubmed-94076792022-08-29 Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Unique Presentation Odak, Mihir Tavakolian, Kameron Douedi, Steven Udongwo, Ndausung Elkherpitawy, Islam Douedi, Hani Campbell, Natasha Cureus Cardiology Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis is a rare subset of sarcoidosis, a systemic autoimmune condition primarily found in African American females. The manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis include atrioventricular and bundle branch blocks, arrhythmias, heart failure, and pericardial effusions, although these complications occur at varying prevalence. The diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis requires several different criteria; however, recent literature has focused heavily on imaging modalities such as cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. We present a case of a 42-year-old Caucasian male who was found to have unexplained cardiac arrhythmias and ultimately diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis by imaging modalities. Cureus 2022-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9407679/ /pubmed/36043011 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27295 Text en Copyright © 2022, Odak et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Douedi, Steven
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Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Unique Presentation
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title_short Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Unique Presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9407679/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27295
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