title: Improvement of severe heart failure with corticosteroid therapy in a patient with myocardial sarcoidosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiotani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kado
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes