Complete atrioventricular block with a 22-month history of ocular sarcoidosis: a case report.
A 52-year-old woman with acute uveitis associated with ocular sarcoidosis developed complete atrioventricular block 22 months after the initial diagnosis was made. Cardiac sarcoidosis is a serious and, not infrequently, a fatal disease. Although it is difficult to establish the clinical diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis, a serial ECG is considered necessary in patients with any kind of sarcoidosis.
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors