Asystolic arrest as a presentation of sarcoidosis.
A 41-year-old man who presented with a history of sudden loss of consciousness suffered two further episodes during which asystole was documented. Subsequent investigations included exercise stress testing, thallium scintigraphy, electrophysiological studies, CT-scan of chest, Kveim test and a gallium-67 scan, which led to a presumptive diagnosis of averted sudden death as a first presentation of sarcoidosis with primary cardiac involvement.
McDougall
N I
NI
Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
Purvis
J A
JA
Wilson
C M
CM
Adgey
A A
AA
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology