Cardiac sarcoidosis in patients with recurrent ventricular arrhythmias refractory to endocardial ablation.
Karin NentwichKarin KlingelElena EneJulian MüllerArthur BerkowitzSebastian BarthThomas DenekePublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2024)
Chronic untreated inflammation may be the underlying pathophysiology for patients with unspecific cardiomyopathy and recurrent VA refractory to endocardial and epicardial ablation. Septal substrate in the EAM/MRI, elevated CD3 lymphocytes in the EBM and inflammation in the PET CT may indicate the possible diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis. Initializing immunosuppressive therapy in patients with this dedicated constellation with should be taken into consideration.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- left ventricular
- oxidative stress
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- catheter ablation
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- radiofrequency ablation
- contrast enhanced
- peripheral blood
- atrial fibrillation
- congenital heart disease
- diffusion weighted imaging