Journal of Arrhythmia (Feb 2015)

A case of cardiac sarcoidosis presenting with double tachycardia

  • Keiko Takahashi, MD,
  • Yasuo Okumura, MD,
  • Ichiro Watanabe, MD,
  • Koichi Nagashima, MD,
  • Hiroaki Mano, MD,
  • Kazumasa Sonoda, MD,
  • Rikitake Kogawa, MD,
  • Naoko Sasaki, MD,
  • Kazuki Iso, MD,
  • Kimie Okubo, MD,
  • Toshiko Nakai, MD,
  • Atsushi Hirayama, MD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2014.05.004
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 1
pp. 58 – 59

Abstract

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Although the most feared cardiac manifestation in cardiac sarcoidosis is the onset of ventricular arrhythmia, some patients may present with supraventricular arrhythmias. We present a rare case of cardiac sarcoidosis associated with double tachycardia manifesting as atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia.

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