| Literature DB >> 17218389 |
Neil Swanson1, Martin Goddard, Gerry McCann, G André Ng.
Abstract
We describe a case report of a 49-year-old man admitted to a cardiology unit with a series of arrhythmias with no initially obvious aetiology. Further assessment and the use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and histology allowed a diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis to be made. Cardiac sarcoidosis is a major cause of death in patients with systemic sarcoidosis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is an additional diagnostic tool for this condition without ionizing radiation exposure.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17218389 DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul173
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Europace ISSN: 1099-5129 Impact factor: 5.214