Infrequent cardiac manifestations of sarcoidosis.
Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is found in 2-7% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis (SS). Its diagnosis and treatment is challenging, notwithstanding the poor prognosis and treatment. Hereby, we present a case of systemic sarcoidosis with rare cardiac manifestations of severe mitral incompetence and large coronary aneurysm in a previously healthy woman. She underwent successful mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery and was maintained on low dose glucocorticoid therapy.
Department of Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Said
S
Ashraf
Division of Cardiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Alexandros
A
Briasoulis
Division of Cardiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Electronic address: LAfonso@med.wayne.edu.
Luis
L
Afonso
D001706:Biopsy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiac sarcoidosis; Cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosis; Cardiac sarcoidosis treatment; Coronary aneurysm sarcoidosis; Mitral regurgitation sarcoidosis