Atrioventricular Block as the Initial Manifestation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis in Middle-Aged Adults

• Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology Vol. 25; no. 8; pp. 875 - 881
• Main Authors: 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.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: 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

Cardiac Sarcoidosis Presenting as Atrioventricular Block Introduction Atrioventricular block (AVB) can be caused by several conditions, including cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). The prevalence of CS causing this presentation in a North American population has not been investigated and was the purpose of t...