title: Cardiac sarcoidosis. An unusual form of acute congestive cardiomyopathy.
abstract: We report the case of a previously healthy 45-year-old white man in whom sustained ventricular tachycardia and severe myocardial dysfunction were the only signs of cardiac sarcoidosis. Diagnosis was confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy, and the patient responded well to treatment with amiodarone and prednisone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Cardiology and Pathology, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fish
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capek
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Perin
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology