Cardiac sarcoidosis evaluated with gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance and contrast-enhanced 64-slice computed tomography.
Sarcoidosis is a multi-system granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology with symptomatic cardiac involvement in up to 7% of patients. The clinical features of sarcoid heart disease include congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, conduction disturbances, and sudden death. We evaluated the value of contrast-enhanced multi-detector computed tomography in delineating myocardial scar and granulomatous inflammation by comparing our findings with gadolinium magnetic resonance in a patient diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis.
Smedema
Jan-Peter
JP
Truter
Rene
R
de Klerk
Petra A
PA
Zaaiman
Leonie
L
White
Leonie
L
Doubell
Anton F
AF
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D005682:Gadolinium