Severe ventricular arrhythmias in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis: insights from MRI and PET imaging and importance of early corticosteroid therapy

Eur Heart J. 2010 Feb;31(4):400. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp456. Epub 2009 Oct 23.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amiodarone / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathies / drug therapy
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoidosis / drug therapy
  • Steroids / therapeutic use*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Steroids
  • Amiodarone