Improvement of severe heart failure with corticosteroid therapy in a patient with myocardial sarcoidosis.
A patient presented with severe heart failure due to myocardial sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis was diagnosed by biopsy of the skin and uptake of gallium-67 in the heart. We treated the patient with corticosteroids and succeeded in improving her condition. We assume that this was a rare case in which severe heart failure improved following with steroid therapy.
Shiotani
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Department of Medicine, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi, Japan.
Miyazaki
T
T
Matsunaga
K
K
Kado
T
T
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes