title: Presence of ventricular aneurysm predicts poor clinical outcomes in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan. Electronic address: tyoshi@shi.heart.or.jp.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takamisawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Keitaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Kanki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Morimasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Umemura
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sumiyoshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitonobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoike
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Atrioventricular block; Cardiac sarcoidosis; Heart failure; Mortality; Ventricular aneurysm; Ventricular arrhythmia