Cardiac sarcoidosis masquerading as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Pow-Li Chia; Rajesh N Subbiah; Dennis Kuchar; Bruce Walker

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2011.08.015

Cardiac sarcoidosis masquerading as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Heart Lung Circ. 2012 Jan;21(1):42-5. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.08.015. Epub 2011 Sep 19.

Authors

Pow-Li Chia¹, Rajesh N Subbiah, Dennis Kuchar, Bruce Walker

Affiliation

¹ St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Department of Cardiology, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 21937273
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.08.015

Abstract

We present a case of ventricular tachycardia with clinical features suggestive of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. However, endomyocardial biopsy revealed non-caseating granulomas diagnostic of cardiac sarcoidosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / administration & dosage*
Adult
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / administration & dosage
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / diagnosis*
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / physiopathology
Biopsy
Defibrillators, Implantable
Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography / methods
Humans
Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
Male
Mediastinum / diagnostic imaging
Myocardium / pathology*
Prognosis
Sarcoidosis* / complications
Sarcoidosis* / diagnosis
Sarcoidosis* / physiopathology
Sarcoidosis* / therapy
Sotalol / administration & dosage
Tachycardia, Ventricular* / etiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular* / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ventricular* / therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Ventricular Function / drug effects

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Sotalol