title: Reduction of myocardial inflammation with steroid is not necessarily associated with improvement in left ventricular function in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis: predictors of functional improvement.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
authors: Yoichi
authors: Y
authors: Takaya
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
authors: Kengo Fukushima
authors: KF
authors: Kusano
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
authors: Kazufumi
authors: K
authors: Nakamura
authors: Okayama Diagnostic Imaging Center, Okayama, Japan.
authors: Mitsumasa
authors: M
authors: Kaji
authors: Department of Radiology, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
authors: Takayoshi
authors: T
authors: Shinya
authors: Department of Radiology, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
authors: Susumu
authors: S
authors: Kanazawa
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan. Electronic address: itomd@md.okayama-u.ac.jp.
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Ito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011241:Prednisone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011241:Prednisone
keywords: Cardiac sarcoidosis; Imaging; Inflammation; Left ventricular function; Steroid