Myocardial findings evaluated by echocardiography in cardiac sarcoidosis: A report of seven cases

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause. With cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), patients represent a wide range of cardiac manifestations from subtle to overt morphological and functional abnormalities. The advent of ultrasound technologies has enabled to identify not only typica...

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Published in:Journal of clinical ultrasound 2021-11, Vol.49 (9), p.940-946
Main Authors: Akamatsu, Kanako, Ito, Takahide, Terasaki, Fumio, Hoshiga, Masaaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormalities
cardiac function
cardiac sarcoidosis
cardiac ultrasound
Echocardiography
Heart diseases
myocardium
Sarcoidosis
Septum
Ultrasonic imaging
Ventricle
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Summary:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause. With cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), patients represent a wide range of cardiac manifestations from subtle to overt morphological and functional abnormalities. The advent of ultrasound technologies has enabled to identify not only typical findings to CS such as basal thinning of the ventricular septum, but also subclinical myocardial alterations. Based on our recent experiences, we currently introduce a variety of myocardial manifestations evaluated by echocardiography on seven CS patients being selected. Most of the patients exhibited typical cardiac involvement and the remaining fairly unusual.
ISSN:0091-2751
1097-0096
DOI:10.1002/jcu.23058