Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: Case experience in heart transplantation

Heart transplantation for advanced heart failure due to cardiac sarcoidosis.

BACKGROUND Selected patients with cardiac sarcoidosis undergo heart transplantation, but outcomes may be adversely affected by recurrent cardiac sarcoidosis or progressive extra-cardiac sarcoidosis. OBJECTIVES We present our single-center experience of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis who underwent heart transplantation. METHODS Consecutive patients that underwent heart transplantation bet...

A case highly suspicious of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis

A 55-year-old Caucasian male without cardiac history presented with a broad-complex tachycardia of a right ventricular origin (Fig. 1a). After successful electrocardioversion, echocardiography and coronary angiogram showed no significant abnormalities. Electrophysiological examination suggested a right ventricular mid-septal origin of the arrythmia, closely to the HIS bundle. Cardiac MRI (Fig. ...

Case of isolated hepatic sarcoidosis.

Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis Presenting with Stroke

https://e-kcj.org A 42-year-old man without past medical history presented to our hospital with temporary right sided hemiparalysis and dysarthria. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed multiple cerebrovascular infarctions (Figure 1). Electrocardiography showed sinus rhythm with frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), but no atrial ventricular block. Echocardiography showed ...

Heart failure CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

As a consequence of improved management in acute coronary syndromes and improved longevity of the population, the number of patients with heart failure is growing. The prevalence and incidence in industrialised countries are estimated to be around 1% and 0.15% of the population, respectively. Up to 10% of people with heart failure are at an advanced stage, amounting to 300 000 patients in the U...