title: [Heart sarcoidosis. A case of mitral and ascending aorta involvement].
abstract: We describe a case of cardiac sarcoidosis manifested by arrhythmias, shock, chest pain, mitral valve prolapse and incompetence, aortic vascular involvement. Steroid therapy corrected shock and arrhythmias, but was unable to prevent the progression of the mitral valve insufficiency. Subsequently pulmonary and tricuspid valve incompetence were also observed.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Medicina Generale II, Ospedale S. Corona, USSL 67, Garbagnate Milanese.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertola
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torchio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meregalli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sironi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benvenuto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000209:etiology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Sarcoidosi cardiaca. Un caso di coinvolgimento mitralico e dell'aorta ascendente.