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Current Cardiology Reviews

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1573-403X
ISSN (Online): 1875-6557

Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Is There a Winner?

Author(s): Irving E. Perez, Mario J. Garcia and Cynthia C. Taub

Volume 12, Issue 1, 2016

Page: [3 - 11] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/1573403X11666150318110406

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Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause that can affect the heart. Cardiac sarcoidosis may be present in as many as 25% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis, and it is frequently underdiagnosed. The early and accurate diagnosis of myocardial involvement is challenging. Advanced imaging techniques play important roles in the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.

Keywords: Cardiac sarcoidosis, echocardiography, imaging, magnetic resonance, multimodality, sarcoidosis.

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