Cardiac sarcoidosis: an unforeseen cause of sudden death.
Sudden death occurring in a male with established coronary artery disease is inevitably assumed to result from the atherosclerotic process, and an autopsy is rarely requested to confirm the cause. On occasions, however, an autopsy reveals the unexpected, such as cardiac sarcoidosis.
Kavanagh
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Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
Huang
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D001344:Autopsy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology