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Cardiac sarcoidosis: phenotypes, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
European heart journal - 1 May 2023
Lehtonen Jukka, Uusitalo Valtteri, Pöyhönen Pauli, Mäyränpää Mikko I, Kupari Markku
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) results from epithelioid cell granulomas infiltrating the myocardium and predisposing to conduction disturbances, ventricular tachyarrhythmias, and heart failure. Manifest CS, however, constitutes only the top of an iceberg as advanced imaging uncovers cardiac involvement 4 to 5 times more commonly than what is clinically detectable. Definite diagnosis of CS requires myocardial biopsy and...
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