Cardiac sarcoidosis: two cases with ventricular tachycardia and review of cardiac involvement in sarcoid

Patients with significant cardiac sarcoidosis are at increased risk of sudden death from ventricular dysrhythmias or conduction disturbances. We report two patients whose initial manifestation of cardiac sarcoidosis was nonsustained ventricular tachycardia unresponsive to standard antiarrhythmic mea...

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Published inTexas Heart Institute journal Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 377 - 383
Main Authors WILKINS, C. E, BARRON, T, LOWRIMORE, M. G, ALI MASSUMKHANI, G, KLIMA, T, YOUNIS, A. C, TREISTMAN, B, HALL, R. J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Houston, TX Texas Heart Institute 01.12.1985
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Case Report
Medical sciences
Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
Sarcoidosis
Arrhythmia
Paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia
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Summary:Patients with significant cardiac sarcoidosis are at increased risk of sudden death from ventricular dysrhythmias or conduction disturbances. We report two patients whose initial manifestation of cardiac sarcoidosis was nonsustained ventricular tachycardia unresponsive to standard antiarrhythmic measures. Endomyocardial biopsy aided the diagnosis in each patient. This technique is helpful in establishing the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis, which causes life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias.
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ISSN:0730-2347
1526-6702