Arrhythmogenic Left Ventricular Mass as the Initial Presentation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Erika Hutt, MD; Evan Whitehead, MD; Carmela D. Tan, MD; E. Rene Rodriguez, MD; Christine L. Jellis, MD; Logan Harper, MD; Rahul Renapurkar, MD; Samir Kapadia, MD; Pasquale Santangeli, MD; Serge Harb, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2024)

Arrhythmogenic Left Ventricular Mass as the Initial Presentation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Erika Hutt, MD,
Evan Whitehead, MD,
Carmela D. Tan, MD,
E. Rene Rodriguez, MD,
Christine L. Jellis, MD,
Logan Harper, MD,
Rahul Renapurkar, MD,
Samir Kapadia, MD,
Pasquale Santangeli, MD,
Serge Harb, MD

Affiliations

Erika Hutt, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr Erika Hutt, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue J1-5, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, USA.; Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Evan Whitehead, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Carmela D. Tan, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
E. Rene Rodriguez, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Christine L. Jellis, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Logan Harper, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Rahul Renapurkar, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Samir Kapadia, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Pasquale Santangeli, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Serge Harb, MD: Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 6
p. 102238

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Cardiac tumors of the left ventricle are rare, and cardiac magnetic resonance is the preferred imaging tool for evaluation given superior tissue characterization. We present a case of a patient with arrhythmia and left ventricular mass that was ultimately diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis, reminding us that tissue is the issue.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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