Atrioventricular Block as the Initial Manifestation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis in Middle-Aged Adults - NERY, PABLO B.; BEANLANDS, ROB S.; NAIR, GIRISH M.; GREEN, MARTIN; YANG, JIM; MCARDLE, BRIAN A.; DAVIS, DARRYL; OHIRA, HIROSHI; GOLLOB, MICHAEL H.; LEUNG, EUGENE; HEALEY, JEFF S.; BIRNIE, DAVID H. (Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2014)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use; Adult; atrioventricular block; Atrioventricular Block - diagnosis; Atrioventricular Block - epidemiology; Atrioventricular Block - therapy; Biopsy; cardiac sarcoidosis; Cardiology; Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis; Cardiomyopathies - drug therapy; Cardiomyopathies - epidemiology; Defibrillators, Implantable; Disease-Free Survival; Electric Countershock - instrumentation; Electrocardiography; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Humans; Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Male; Medical research; Middle Aged; Ontario - epidemiology; outcomes; pacing; Positron-Emission Tomography; Predictive Value of Tests; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Radiopharmaceuticals; Recurrence; Risk Factors; Sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis - diagnosis; Sarcoidosis - drug therapy; Sarcoidosis - epidemiology; Tachycardia, Ventricular - epidemiology; Time Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; ventricular tachycardia; Young Adult; Ontario; prevalence; cardiac sarcoidosis; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; pacing; ventricular tachycardia; outcomes; atrioventricular block; middle-aged