Rare and Complex Case Mimics Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Importance of Multimodality Imaging

Abby Payne; Abigail Kaminski; Lakshmi Muthukumar; Bijoy K Khandheria

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.008

Rare and Complex Case Mimics Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Importance of Multimodality Imaging

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Jan 20;3(1):125-127. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.008. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Abby Payne¹, Abigail Kaminski¹, Lakshmi Muthukumar¹, Bijoy K Khandheria¹

Affiliation

¹ Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Abstract

We report a rare and complex case of cardiac sarcoidosis in a patient presenting with ventricular tachycardia. Multimodality imaging, along with clinical and histological examination, was essential in establishing the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

Keywords: ECG, electrocardiogram; FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose; LV, left ventricular; PET, positron emission tomography; cardiac sarcoidosis; multimodality imaging; ventricular tachycardia; wall motion.