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Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis Presenting as Torsades de Pointes in a Patient With Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report

Sarcoidosis is an immune-mediated, inflammatory, non-caseating-granulomatous disease that can virtually infiltrate any organ. Cardiac sarcoidosis is a leading cause of death in patients with sarcoidosis. Its clinical presentation is highly heterogenous and unpredictable, ranging from asymptomatic to...

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Autores principales: Alhamadh, Moustafa S, Alhowaish, Thamer S, Alhabeeb, Abdulrahman Yousef, Alanazi, Rakan B, Boudal, Ayah, Al Khathlan, Khalid, Alrashid, Abdulrahman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36249601
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29067
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Sumario:Sarcoidosis is an immune-mediated, inflammatory, non-caseating-granulomatous disease that can virtually infiltrate any organ. Cardiac sarcoidosis is a leading cause of death in patients with sarcoidosis. Its clinical presentation is highly heterogenous and unpredictable, ranging from asymptomatic to life-threatening conduction disturbances, such as ventricular arrhythmias, and heart failure. Herein, we report a case of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis presenting as sinus bradycardia with first-degree atrioventricular block and an episode of non-sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a 42-year-old male with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. He was diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose and treated with oral prednisone.