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Cardiac Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Author(s) -
OTT PETER,
MARCUS FRANK I.,
SOBONYA RICHARD E.,
MORADY FRED,
KNIGHT BRADLEY P.,
FUENZALIDA CHARLES E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00217.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia , cardiac sarcoidosis , dysplasia , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , biopsy , autopsy , dermatology , heart failure
Patients with cardiac sarcoidosis may present with clinical and morphological features similar to arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) or cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Three cases of cardiac sarcoidosis are presented that clinically mimicked ARVD or ARVC until a pathology diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made at biopsy or autopsy. A diagnostic distinction, while often difficult to make, is important since treatment with corticosteroids may benefit those with sarcoidosis but is not expected to be useful in cases with ARVD or ARVC. (PACE 2003; 26[Pt. I]:1498–1503)