title: Myocardial sarcoidosis: a review.
abstract: Although, the diagnosis of myocardial sarcoidosis is difficult to establish clinically, the heart may be involved at autopsy in upto a third of cases of sarcoidosis. Cardiac sarcoidosis may remain occult, may present with arrhythmia, or may even cause sudden death. In order to avoid a diagnostic oversight, sarcoid heart disease should be considered in any patient with unexplained heart block, cardiac arrhythmia, or heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Sarcoidosis Clinic, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Flora
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy