title: A case of cardiac sarcoidosis with remarkable atrophy of the left ventricular septum on two-dimensional echocardiography.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology which mainly affects the lungs, skin, the lymphoreticular system, and the heart. We report a case of cardiac sarcoidosis in which a remarkably thin ventricular septum was demonstrated on two-dimensional echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yanase
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Motomiya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokuyasu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakurada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teshima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hiyoshi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiura
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*