title: [Cardiac sarcoidosis].
abstract: Cardiac sarcoidosis is a severe inflammatory disease of the cardiac muscle, manifesting itself as atrioventricular block, ventricular tachycardias, cardiac insufficiency and combinations thereof. Approximately half of cardiac sarcoidosis patients exhibit no clinical signs of sarcoidosis outside the heart. The diagnosis is based on cardiac muscle imaging and myocardial biopsy. High dose corticosteroid medication is utilized for treatment. A life-threatening cardiac event occurred in more than one third of cardiac sarcoidosis patients at Meilahti hospital.
authors.affiliation: Meilahden sisätautiklinikka PL 340, 00029 HUS.
authors.forename: Riina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kandolin
authors.forename: Jukka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lehtonen
authors.forename: Jukka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schildt
authors.forename: Marit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granér
authors.forename: Kaisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Salmenkivi
authors.forename: Aapo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahonen
authors.forename: Lauri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karhumäki
authors.forename: Markku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kupari
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones