Cardiac sarcoidosis: Two case reports
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Emmanuella Naa Deeidei Tagoe; Harold Ayetey; Jane S Afriyie-Mensah; Felix Razak Awindaogo
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
Clinical Case Reports
- Subject
- Bradycardia
medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (General)
Heart block
heart failure
Case Report
Cardiac sarcoidosis
Case Reports
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
bradycardia
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
R5-920
Internal medicine
medicine
bundle branch block
heart block
sarcoidosis
Bundle branch block
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Heart failure
Cardiology
cardiovascular system
Medicine
Sarcoidosis
Presentation (obstetrics)
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
The clinical presentation of cardiac sarcoidosis is variable. We report two cases of cardiac sarcoidosis to highlight the varied clinical presentations and diagnostic challenges in our setting, and encourage the consideration of sarcoidosis as a differential in unexplained arrhythmias and heart failure.
Cardiac sarcoidosis is a major cause of death and disability in sarcoid patients. It can be benign and asymptomatic or life‐threatening. Early diagnosis is lifesaving since prompt therapy can lead to the resolution of cardiac dysfunction.