Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis with High-Grade Heart Block: Utilization of New Diagnostic Guidelines

Matthew R. Petersen; Christopher Perry; Rachel Nickels

doi:10.1155/2021/9992678

Case Reports in Cardiology (Jan 2021)

Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis with High-Grade Heart Block: Utilization of New Diagnostic Guidelines

Matthew R. Petersen,
Christopher Perry,
Rachel Nickels

Affiliations

Matthew R. Petersen: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florida, USA
Christopher Perry: Department of Cardiology, University of Florida, USA
Rachel Nickels: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, North Florida South Georgia VA Hospital, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9992678
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2021

Abstract

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Cardiac sarcoidosis can present with heart failure and conduction disease. This is a case of a 58-year-old male who presented for dyspnea, edema, and varying degrees of heart block. Using new updated diagnostic guidelines and multimodal cardiac imaging, he was diagnosed with isolated cardiac sarcoidosis.

Published in Case Reports in Cardiology

ISSN: 2090-6404 (Print); 2090-6412 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cric/

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