title: Cardiac sarcoidosis and coronary artery disease: a two-hit mechanism to left ventricular dysfunction (or is it)?
abstract: This report describes a case of cardiac sarcoidosis in a 40-year-old man with minimal risk factors for coronary artery disease who was found to have a critical coronary lesion on angiography performed for declining left ventricular function. The case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic issues surrounding cardiac sarcoidosis and raises the question of a possible link between sarcoidosis and premature coronary artery disease. It also stresses the importance of ruling out ischemia in any patient with declining left ventricular function.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. jbeshai@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sweiss
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Beshai
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D006801:Humans; D012507:Sarcoidosis; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left