Multimodal Imaging for the Diagnosis of Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis

David W. Louis, MD; Alexa Papaila, MD, MPH; Wasiq Sheikh, MD; Michael K. Atalay, MD, PhD; Brian G. Abbott, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

Multimodal Imaging for the Diagnosis of Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis

David W. Louis, MD,
Alexa Papaila, MD, MPH,
Wasiq Sheikh, MD,
Michael K. Atalay, MD, PhD,
Brian G. Abbott, MD

Affiliations

David W. Louis, MD: The Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Alexa Papaila, MD, MPH: The Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Wasiq Sheikh, MD: The Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Michael K. Atalay, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Brian G. Abbott, MD: The Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Address for correspondence: Dr. Brian G. Abbott, The Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, RIH APC 814, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 7
pp. 1074 – 1078

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We report a case of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) diagnosed using a multimodality imaging approach. A patient presented after an out-of-hospital, ventricular fibrillation–mediated cardiac arrest. The use of echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography enabled the diagnosis of isolated CS. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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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