title: An autopsy case of cardiac sarcoidosis with refractory ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: A case of cardiac sarcoidosis with refractory ventricular tachycardia is presented. This case was followed up for 6 years and was autopsied. The cephalad portion of the interventricular septum and the right ventricular outflow tract were markedly thinned, and sarcoid granulomas were also found in the lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Date
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohtoku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kusukawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography