A 54-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted to the emergency department of a peripheral hospital for palpitations. ECG showed a wide QRS complex tachycardia that resolved spontaneously (figure 1A). Clinical history was negative. At echocardiogram, hypokinesia and thinning of basal septum and mild pericardial effusion were the only abnormal findings (see online supplementary videos 1 and 2). Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) was 55%. Coronary arteries were normal at coronary angiography. Chest x-ray was normal. At electrophysiological study ventricular tachycardia with the same morphology encountered at presentation was inducible.
Galati G, Leone O, Rapezzi C (2014). The difficult diagnosis of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: usefulness of an integrated MRI and PET approach. HEART, 100(1), 89-90 [10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304237].
The difficult diagnosis of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: usefulness of an integrated MRI and PET approach.
GALATI, GIUSEPPE;LEONE, ORNELLA;RAPEZZI, CLAUDIO
2014
Abstract
A 54-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted to the emergency department of a peripheral hospital for palpitations. ECG showed a wide QRS complex tachycardia that resolved spontaneously (figure 1A). Clinical history was negative. At echocardiogram, hypokinesia and thinning of basal septum and mild pericardial effusion were the only abnormal findings (see online supplementary videos 1 and 2). Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) was 55%. Coronary arteries were normal at coronary angiography. Chest x-ray was normal. At electrophysiological study ventricular tachycardia with the same morphology encountered at presentation was inducible.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
