Cardiac sarcoidosis detected by delayed-hyperenhancement magnetic resonance imaging.
We report the case of a patient with sarcoidosis and ventricular tachycardia in whom cardiac magnetic resonance imaging provided supportive evidence of cardiac involvement by delineating regions of myocardial inflammation and fibrosis inconsistent with ischemic injury. The identification of cardiac involvement in patients with sarcoidosis is problematic, and the true incidence is unknown. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging may help establish the actual incidence of cardiac involvement and allow further advances in monitoring and treatment options.
Nemeth
Margit A
MA
Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Muthupillai
Raja
R
Wilson
James M
JM
Awasthi
Mukta
M
Flamm
Scott D
SD
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology