title: [Follow-up studies and special cardiologic diagnosis in patients with suspected heart sarcoidosis].
abstract: During a retrospective analysis of 1236 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis who showed electrocardiographic disturbances or cardiomegaly the existence of a possible heart sarcoidosis was suspected. It was tried to confirm this suspected diagnosis in subsequent examinations of these patients by support of modern non-invasive and invasive cardiological methods. Thereby the differential diagnosis to the coronary heart disease is especially difficult in elderly. This problem represents a permanent diagnostic challenge because of the therapeutic chance in case of heart sarcoidosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Verlaufsbeobachtungen und spezielle kardiologische Diagnostik bei Patienten mit Verdacht auf Herzsarkoidose.